Hey everyone. I've been lurking for a few months. I watched most everything I have access to and am looking for any advice or recommendations on formatting my book. I am using Reedsy, and I see limitations with it. Just realized I will need more than it can offer. I am self-publishing on a small budget. What are your recommendations?

If this was your first author rodeo and the first draft ending is at least on the horizon, what do you see as crucial to know for the next and coming phases? Keep in mind a paid coach and editor is not on the table hence the street sign “will thank for sound advice.”

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Fellow authors, I’d love to connect and learn more about your journey. Have you published any books so far, or are you currently working toward your first release? What inspired you to start writing, and how has your experience been along the way? For those who have published, what lessons or insights have shaped your growth the most? And for those in progress, what stage are you currently in? Let’s share, support, and grow together as a community of writers.

I am writing a parenting book and will later come out with a Christian version. I know there is some risk that Amazon will block the second book because it will be seen as a repeat. Would you recommend just publishing the second one under Barnes and Nobles Press to begin with, to avoid that possibility?