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E M P O W E R I N G T E A C H E R S T H R O U G H S E L F P U B L I S H I N G
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E M P O W E R I N G T E A C H E R S T H R O U G H S E L F P U B L I S H I N G
N I K P E A C H E Y
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B L O G G I N G
I N T H E B E G I N N I N G
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W E B 2 . 0 T O O L S F O R T E A C H E R S
I N T H E B E G I N N I N G
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C R O W D S O U R C I N G F U N D I N G
M O V I N G O N
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D I G I TA L V I D E O - A M A N U A L F O R L A N G U A G E T E A C H E R S
M O V I N G O N
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C R E AT I V I T Y I N T H E E N G L I S H L A N G U A G E C L A S S R O O M
M O V I N G O N
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L E S S O N P L A N S & C L A S S R O O M M AT E R I A L S
M O V I N G O N
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1 0 L E S S O N S I N D I G I TA L L I T E R A C Y
M O V I N G O N
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P E A C H E Y P U B L I C AT I O N S . C O MN I K P E A C H E Y
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C R E AT I N G Y O U R B O O KE M P O W E R I N G Y O U R S E L F
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E - B O O K F O R M AT S
• Keep it short and low cost
• Publish chapters
• Get feedback and iterate
• Roll shorter units into books
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E - B O O K C R E AT I O N T O O L S
• Word
• Pages
• iBook Author
• Kotobee
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D E S I G N
• Learn all you can
• Study things that look cool and try to imitate
• Google good design
• Do an online course
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D E S I G N - R E S O U R C E S
• Stock photo sites
• Free ones - https://pixabay.com/
• Take your own photos
• Creating graphs - draw.io
• Never use clip art
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http://nikpeachey.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/creating-illustrations-and-infographics.html
W H E R E T O S E L LE M P O W E R I N G Y O U R S E L F
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• TeachersPayTeachers - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/
• TES Resources - https://www.tes.com/
• Educents - http://www.educents.com
• TeachersNotebook - http://www.teachersnotebook.com/
• Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/
• Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/
• Payhip - https://payhip.com
• iBook Store - http://www.apple.com/uk/ibooks/
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P L AT F O R M S T O T R Y
P L AT F O R M S - M A R K E T P L A C E
• Who goes there?
• What do they buy?
• What do they charge?
• What formats do they host?
• Do they protect you?
• What marketing / communication tools?
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T H E M O N E Y
• Transaction charge
• Percentage
• TAX / VAT
• Hosting
• Premium membership
• “100% of nothing is nothing”
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TA K I N G PAY M E N T S
• Business bank account
• Paypal - http://paypal.com/
• Stripe - http://stripe.com/
• UPay - http://www.upay.co.uk/
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H O W T O S E L LE M P O W E R I N G Y O U R S E L F
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M A R K E T I N G
• Social networks and communities
• Create an ad - https://vimeo.com/135839974
• Give away to influencers
• Facebook ads
• Reviews - Journals / blogs
• Strength in numbers - http://peacheypublications.com/work-with-us
http://peacheypublications.com/growth-hacking-your-ebook-sales
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O T H E R O P P O R T U N I T I E S
• Your books / materials
• Blogs and websites
• Courses
• Quizzes and courses
• Online teaching
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O T H E R O P P O R T U N I T I E S
• Coursmos - http://www.coursmos.com/
• Knewton - https://www.knewton.com/
• Riddle - http://www.riddle.com
• Quizalize - https://www.quizalize.com
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A N D F I N A L LYE M P O W E R I N G Y O U R S E L F
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I S I T F O R Y O U ?
• Like a challenge
• Want to develop new skills
• Have an eye for design and detail
• Like the idea of being a business rather than just a writer
• Don’t mind marketing yourself
• Don’t mind dealing with bureaucracy
• Patient - Do what you love and the money may/will come?
Nik Peachey | PeacheyPublications.com
http://peacheypublications.com/to-self-publish-or-not-to-self-publish-that-is-the-question
S H I F T I N G T H E S TAT U S Q U O
• Boost your income
• Develop new skills
• Develop your employability
• Challenge the role of publishers in ELT
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P E A C H E Y P U B L I C AT I O N S . C O MN I K P E A C H E Y
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