The Self-Publishing Playbook

If you have ever thought, "I could write a book, if only I had the time," this is the manual Stacy McCafferty wishes someone had handed her before she uploaded her first file to Kindle Direct Publishing.

Stacy is not a guru. She is a rural carrier associate with the USPS in Rhode Island, with a husband, three kids, and a growing shelf of books published under six pen names - built in the margins of a full working life, in early mornings and evenings, twenty minutes here and an hour there. This book lays out the whole road, the way she actually walked it:

- Deciding what to write - fiction, nonfiction, or low-content books
- Building a realistic first-book plan you can finish in about 90 days
- Using modern tools, including AI, honestly and ethically - without producing junk
- Editing, covers, and formatting without spending a fortune
- Setting up your KDP account and understanding how you actually get paid
- Categories, keywords, and the traps that trigger Amazon's quality alerts - including one that bit her own books
- Pricing, KDP Select and Kindle Unlimited, launch week, and beginner-friendly Amazon Ads
- The 20 mistakes that kill new publishers
>Every chapter ends with a Your Turn checklist, and the book closes with a 30-day action plan. This book will not make you rich by Friday - it offers something more useful: a process that can be learned, explained by someone still walking it.