{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Ditching Hourly","title":"Jed Byrne - Self-Publishing Your First Book","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2bd67791\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3721,"description":"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.\nWe 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.\n\nChapters\n\nGuest Bio\nJed 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.\nResources Mentioned In This Episode\nPeople\nJed Byrne\nJed Byrne on LinkedIn\nJonathan Stark\nTim Ferriss\nSeth Godin\nNoah Kagan\nRob Fitzpatrick\nTucker Max\nPat Flynn\nChandler Bolt\nTim Grahl\nRochelle Moulton\nCorey Quinn\nMike Michalowicz\nDerek Sivers\nDaniel Pink\nJed / Raleigh / AEC\nOak City CRE\nThe Top Five by Oak City CRE\nDirt NC podcast\nBarnhill Building Group\nStart Small Selling Kickstarter\nStart Small Selling on Amazon\nUrban Land Institute\nULI Triangle\nJed’s book email from the episode - books@oakcitycre.com\nBooks / Book-Building Resources\nMillion Dollar Weekend by Noah Kagan\nThe Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick\nWrite Useful Books by Rob Fitzpatrick\nHelp This Book\nThe Workshop Survival Guide\nThe Scribe Method\nSelfPublishing.com / Self-Publishing School\nReedsy\nEditorial Freelancers Association\nChicago Manual of Style\nISBNs / Bowker\nAtticus\nPublishing / Production / Selling Platforms\nKickstarter\nAmazon KDP\nLulu\nBlurb\nShopify\nUpwork\nFiverr\nOtterpine\nMicrosoft Word\nCanva\nInkscape\nUSPS Media Mail\nPodcast / Episode References\nMike Michalowicz on The Business of Authority","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/NCUVrsmlcYseU9x7dN1dnT4q3rVJ5q27OIKrcXCPJrM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lMjY2/ZjU5OTA5OWI3YzI2/MzdiODJlMmUwZWY1/NTJjZC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}