{"id":961,"date":"2016-03-01T14:44:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T14:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonlinter.com\/?p=961"},"modified":"2019-05-17T09:18:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T09:18:32","slug":"1-march-2016-self-publish-book-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonlinter.com\/?p=961","title":{"rendered":"Why self-publish your book about Sweden?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1047 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/simonlinter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/book-1421245-639x426-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"book-1421245-639x426\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonlinter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/book-1421245-639x426-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonlinter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/book-1421245-639x426.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>When writing a non-fiction book, it is always worth checking whether publishers or agents are interested at the idea stage. I had written a first draft of <em>A Decade in Sweden<\/em> when I sent out submission letters to agents. I first concentrated my quest for an agent in Sweden and found that there aren\u2019t many agents around. However, I did get one bite from an agent who really liked the book. Unfortunately, that agent left their job and I had to start my hunt over. I sent the book to a handful of agents in the UK and got a similar response from an agent in London. On this occasion, although they liked the book and found it interesting, they said it was aimed at a niche market and wouldn\u2019t sell in the quantities that they would like. Again, I was back to square one again. As <em>A Decade in Sweden<\/em> was my first attempt at a book launch, I looked into self-publishing as a way forward. I looked into distributors online and choose one that I thought was the best at the time. I released the eBook first through BookBaby without checking all my options including getting my own ISBNs. When I decided to print the book, I looked around for the best price vs. a good product. I eventually found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookprintinguk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book Printing UK<\/a>, who were situated near my hometown of Northampton, and forged a relationship with them for all of my book projects. The real moral of this story is to reach out to agents and publishers when you have a book of non-fiction on the go or at the idea stage because you never know if that book deal is around the corner. If you have something interesting to say, and a project that is commercially viable, you might find that your book sprouts legs and starts to take on a life of its on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When writing a non-fiction book, it is always worth checking whether publishers or agents are interested at the idea stage. 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