Self-publishing is becoming increasingly easy to do for people who have written a book which they would like to share with others.

It is increasingly hard to get in front of a publisher. Many publishers no longer accept manuscripts and literary agents are overloaded with submissions. So how do you stand out from the crowd and get published?
Self-publising on CompletelyNovel is a great way to get your book out into the world and can also help you get published. Through self-publishing, we offer you the opportunity to build up a profile for yourself, get feedback on your book, sell copies and prove that your book has a market. This means that if you later choose to submit your book to a publisher, you are in a much stronger position.

Self-publishing on CompletelyNovel is easy. It is free to set up and only takes a few minutes to create your book online.
We link directly to print-on-demand printers. That means you don’t have to pay for any printing up front. Once you self-publish your book on CompletelyNovel, anyone can buy a copy from the website and our printers will print just one copy, and send it directly to the customer. The photo on the left shows what our printed paperback books look like.
You can find out more about print-on-demand on our Print-on-Demand information page
We have our own BookStreamer, which is a ‘YouTube’ for books. It lets you share your book online, but without letting others download or copy the book, so it’s great for promoting your book.
On CompletelyNovel there are different ways to start self-publishing. The one that’s best for you depends on what you want as a self-published author.
If you would like to make your book available for people to read in our BookStreamer and buy as a paperback from the CompletelyNovel website, then the Publishing Free Plan is ideal.
If you would like your work to be available in other formats, then you will probably want to choose the Publishing Plus Plan.
For those writers who want to have full distribution to retailers and a full professional service, our Publishing Pro Plan is the way to go. Find out more about our publishing plans.

Here on CompletelyNovel we are building up a directory of Publishers, Agents and literature organisations to help writers find out more about the publishing industry and the people within it who might be helpful.
Publishers on CompletelyNovel
Literary Agents on CompletelyNovel
Literary Organisations on CompletelyNovel
You can discuss your book with other writers and readers from the CompletelyNovel community.
Latest post by Harry Sivertsen on 20/03/2010
Hi John
I agree entirely but undoubtedly it will take off…I remember similar things being said about computers when they first became popular and even earlier, when as a kid TV was being broug…
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Latest post by Alan Baker said on 04/03/2010
Hi Shea. Probably best to use the facilities on MS Word. That’s what I do.
Best, Alan
Latest post by Bryony Allen on 04/03/2010
Hi Shea,
I’m currently looking through the fate keepers. I’ll let you know what I thought soon.
I have an already published book (albeit not with CN)on the site which does have a streamer…
Latest post by Harry Sivertsen on 03/03/2010
Hi folks
Not the competitive type personally. I think the last time I entered anything was circa 55 years ago! Anyone remember the Ovaltinies? Still wondering if I won anything!
However, this…
Latest post by shea lovekin said on 25/02/2010
Thank you Anna and how did you feel about my idea via email to phones?

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