I also provide answers to my questions, but you might not need to. For a long time, I didn’t. Over time, I have invested in a massive Logos Bible Software library and provide answers in the from of quotes from respected authors.
Ideas on how to publish small group curriculum
After spending all the time to research and write your curriculum, what do you do with it? Give it to your small group leaders, of course. But, I’d encourage you to take one more step: share it with the world.
Amazon has made it super easy to publish your book in both Kindle and paperback format. (They have a hardback publish platform in beta.) Barnes and Noble has a similar service for Nook, but I have found that Kindle outsells Nook 10:1.
The set up is so each that if you had a carefully proofread curriculum, you can literally have in on Amazon in 24 hours. What a time to be alive! Even if you didn’t not want to sell on Amazon it is a great way to print your book. You can get an average-sized book printed for less than $3.
You can price the book at whatever you want. On average, you make about half of the amount above $3. (For a $10 book you would make about $3.50.)
The best way to do the page set up is with Adobe InDesign. If this is above your pay-grade, it can be done in Word. Manuscripts are accepted in .pdf for print books and Word for Kindle books. If you use InDesign, you can export .pdf for print and in .epub for Kindle.
Amazon provides a decent cover design service. The key word is decent. It is not fantastic. If you do design or have a have a friend that can help you, all the better. I have worked with authors who got some pretty good results through https://www.fiverr.com/. Covers are accepted in .pdf for print books and .jpg for Kindle.
This article on creating small group curriculum originally appeared here, and is used by permission.
