The Free, Complete Guide to Self-Publishing with 48 Hour Books

Our complete guide to self-publishing with 48 Hour Books will make the process a lot easier for you. Learn everything you need to know about preparing your book and ordering with the fastest book printer in the world. It’s all here in our guide to self-publishing.

What sets 48 Hour Books apart from other printers?
What are some best practices for self-publishing?
What is book formatting?
Do I really need an editor?
What does "print-ready" manuscript mean?
How do I place my order?

We answer all this &em; and more &em; in The Ultimate Guide to a 48 Hour Book. It’s everything you’ve always wanted to know about how to self-publish a book. And it’s FREE!

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We’ve prepared the ultimate guide for self‑publishers.

We know the road to becoming a self-publishing author can be difficult to navigate. But it doesn’t have to be! We’ve put together a guide that takes you through all the important steps to publishing a book that takes you through all the important steps, answers your questions and gives you insight into the entire process of printing your book with 48 Hour Books.

How do we offer a 48 Hour Book?

From the time you send your files to the minute we hit the press, we have a plan. And we share it with you in our ultimate self-publishing guide. You’ll see how the self-publishing process begins and what happens along the way ... right up until you have your very own 48 Hour Book in hand.

Read about the difference. Feel the difference.

We offer our complete guide to self-publishing not only as a free PDF, but also as a free sample book. We tell you all about our special printing techniques that make your book stand out on a shelf. And with your copy of the Ultimate Guide, you can feel the paper we use and see the quality of our book binding.

What happens after you approve your book?

We’re not kidding when we say 48 Hour Books is the fastest book printer in the world. We print quickly, but fast printing doesn’t mean lower quality. You get bookstore-quality books with all the attention to detail that you see with the best sellers.

Get a look at our printing schedules, how we produce different binding styles, our production schedules, shipping information, and more. The process of self-publishing a book is explained, so you know what to expect.

The Ultimate Guide to a 48 Hour Book has all this and much more. And it’s FREE. Get your self-publishing guide today, and get started on your dream of becoming an author. We’ll be your self-publishing partner every step of the way.

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You have two options

Both the PDF version and the printed version are free. However, the printed and bound version acts as a sample book. Check out the details of each, then select the one that best suits your needs.

PDF version (download instantly)

You can download a PDF version of the guide to self-publishing immediately. It contains everything you need to know about preparing your book and ordering from 48 Hour Books, the fastest book printer in the world.

But since it’s just a PDF, you won’t be able to see the quality of our printing & binding. It won’t have our sample section, so you won’t be able to experience samples of our different paper options and see how photos look on each. And you won’t be able to see and feel samples of our most popular cover options:

Diamond 3D cover
Foil Hotstamping
Silk Laminating

But, the PDF download it will give you the rest of the content in the book immediately, so you can get to work right away.

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Printed & Bound version (SAMPLE BOOK!)

We’ll mail you a printed and bound version of the self-publishing guide. Since it’s produced exactly the same way we print all of our books, it’s also an excellent sample book. So you’ll be able to see for yourself:

The quality of our printing and binding
All our paper sample
How photos look on each type of paper

You’ll also get to see and feel samples of our most popular cover options:

Diamond 3D cover
Foil Hotstamping
Silk Laminating

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Looking for more advice? Contact our self-publishing experts.

The Ultimate Guide to publishing a book has A LOT of answers to questions we hear all the time. But we understand if you have lingering questions about the process. Our team really cares about our self-publishing authors, and that’s why we have multiple options for contacting our customer service team.

We know self-publishing a book can be an intense process. Let us help you! From our free resources to personalized tips and advice, plus one-on-one customer service and the fastest printing in the book industry, 48 Hour Books is here to make printing your next book a breeze.

Contact our specialists and start your project today.

Check out our Ultimate Guide for publishing resources, advice for new authors, and free paper samples!

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