Your Guide to Self-Publish Like a Pro

Amazon has recently changed the way it manages best-seller badges, and the move has some big implications for authors. So, today, let's unpack what these policy changes mean and how authors can still leverage best-seller status and assets to their advantage.

As a self-publisher, you are ultimately responsible for shepherding your book through the publishing process—from writing and editing to design, formatting, and distribution. Whether you work with freelancers or an end-to-end self-publishing partner like Bublish, you are still in charge and should maintain all rights to your intellectual property. We take this obligation very seriously at Bublish.

That's why it's so important to acquire and safeguard your book's source files, which are part of that intellectual property. These files—the originals that contain the full text, formatting, cover art, and other essential elements and specifications—are invaluable assets that many self-publishers fail to acquire from service providers. Many self-publishers don't even know that there's a difference between their distributed files and source files. Unfortunately, not acquiring or understanding rights around source files is a mistake that can come back to haunt self-publishers down the road.