Jed Byrne - Self-Publishing Your First Book
Business development director and Raleigh commercial real estate enthusiast Jed Byrne joined me on Ditching Hourly to walk through the entire process of self-publishing his first book, Start Small Selling, from idea validation to Kickstarter funding to final production.
We cover testing your book idea with real money, writing a first draft in 35 days, running a Kickstarter campaign to fund professional editing, finding and working with developmental editors, designing a book cover on a budget, and publishing through KDP and Lulu.
Chapters
- (00:00) - Who Is Jed Byrne?
- (03:19) - The Hyper-Local Newsletter
- (07:59) - Why Write a Book?
- (11:41) - Testing the Idea
- (14:05) - The Writing Process
- (21:56) - The Kickstarter
- (31:04) - Building the Editing Team
- (36:23) - The Timeline
- (45:49) - Working with a Developmental Editor
- (52:40) - Designing the Cover
- (57:26) - Publishing with KDP and Lulu
- (01:00:00) - Start Small, Start Now
Guest Bio
Jed Byrne is a business development director at Barnhill Building Group, a North Carolina-based general contracting firm. Outside his day job, he runs Oak City CRE, a platform focused on Raleigh commercial real estate that includes a weekly Substack newsletter, a podcast, consulting, and his first book, Start Small Selling. You can reach Jed at books@oakcitycre.com.
Resources Mentioned In This Episode
People
Resources Mentioned In This Episode
People
- Jed Byrne
- Jed Byrne on LinkedIn
- Jonathan Stark
- Tim Ferriss
- Seth Godin
- Noah Kagan
- Rob Fitzpatrick
- Tucker Max
- Pat Flynn
- Chandler Bolt
- Tim Grahl
- Rochelle Moulton
- Corey Quinn
- Mike Michalowicz
- Derek Sivers
- Daniel Pink
Jed / Raleigh / AEC
- Oak City CRE
- The Top Five by Oak City CRE
- Dirt NC podcast
- Barnhill Building Group
- Start Small Selling Kickstarter
- Start Small Selling on Amazon
- Urban Land Institute
- ULI Triangle
- Jed’s book email from the episode - books@oakcitycre.com
Books / Book-Building Resources
- Million Dollar Weekend by Noah Kagan
- The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick
- Write Useful Books by Rob Fitzpatrick
- Help This Book
- The Workshop Survival Guide
- The Scribe Method
- SelfPublishing.com / Self-Publishing School
- Reedsy
- Editorial Freelancers Association
- Chicago Manual of Style
- ISBNs / Bowker
- Atticus
Publishing / Production / Selling Platforms
- Kickstarter
- Amazon KDP
- Lulu
- Blurb
- Shopify
- Upwork
- Fiverr
- Otterpine
- Microsoft Word
- Canva
- Inkscape
- USPS Media Mail
Podcast / Episode References
Creators and Guests
Host
Jonathan Stark
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