Mike McCandless is the founder of Touchwood Press and the author of several of its books.
After careers in technology marketing and nonprofit fundraising, Mike started Touchwood Press as a platform for teaching classes on self-publishing and developing books written by his students and now by himself.
The Publish It Yourself! Series guides writer through the self-publishing process:
- Book 1, Ready, Set, Publish: Basic Training for Self-Publishers offers a gentle but thorough introduction to what publihsing is all about and how it has changed from the analog to the digital ages. This book fills a that new self-publishers often miss if they only read the lastest get-rich-quick guide on publishing. Get the whole story, the big picture, and get better prepared for the publihsing adventure.
- Book 2, Publish It Yourself!: Step by Step to Your Self-Published Book provides detailed instructions for self-publishing using the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) system from Amazon. While not the only method for getting from manuscript to bound book, we believe KDP is the best, cheapest, and fastest way to seeing your name on the cover of a real book you can sell or gift. Become a published author, step-by-step.
- Book3: Artificially Intelligent: AI for