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The Nitty Gritty of Publishing
I've hopefully got you started building your online presence so that when you get to the day you publish, you have already created a platform of people you can immediately tell and create conversation with- you have a bunch of people you've connected with who hopefully like you enough to want to go check out your book... and the rest is (hopefully) history! And if you've already published, then the time before you see sales rolling in might just be a little further down the track.
But maybe this wasn't something you needed to be encouraged to do. I've covered it anyway =) but now I'm going to outline some steps for the actual publishing, if you can't quite wrap your head around that.
Most of the sites you upload to are somehow based in the US, the UK, the USA or somewhere in that vicinity of the world of acronyms containing the letter 'U'. haha. So therefore we get lumped with another set of acronyms like ITINs and EINs and we all go 'Huh?' yeah, i know the feeling.
An ITIN stands for Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, but as it is pretty much a replacement of the Social Security Number it is only available to people within a certain criteria who are most likely not you. so YOU DON'T NEED ONE. Simple as that. Some people or sites may tell you differently, but you don't need the bother, as you can live happily without it in your life. Promise.
An EIN, however, is one number you WILL have to acquire. An Employer Identification Number is a business entities identifier (which IS you, strangely enough, though you are the sole owner and employee of said business, which is self-publishing). For a really good step by step of obtaining one and a good outline of why we all have to go through this annoying process, go here:
However, if, like me, you are in Australia and thus this page does not help you, go here: Also go here if the phone number on the other page does not work...
Another number you might require to get (in Australia), depending on where you upload, is an ABN (Australian Banking Number), and there isn't an age limit on it and is extremely easy to obtain. Other countries might have an equivalent, but I am not in those 'other countries' so I don't have the means to speak about them.
Whilst on the financial numbers topic, you might find it beneficial to set up a separate bank account so that when sites require an account's information (so they can deposit your profits), your personal banking information can't for whatever reason get tampered with. It's a safety and security measure, and just a hint.
But maybe this wasn't something you needed to be encouraged to do. I've covered it anyway =) but now I'm going to outline some steps for the actual publishing, if you can't quite wrap your head around that.
Most of the sites you upload to are somehow based in the US, the UK, the USA or somewhere in that vicinity of the world of acronyms containing the letter 'U'. haha. So therefore we get lumped with another set of acronyms like ITINs and EINs and we all go 'Huh?' yeah, i know the feeling.
An ITIN stands for Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, but as it is pretty much a replacement of the Social Security Number it is only available to people within a certain criteria who are most likely not you. so YOU DON'T NEED ONE. Simple as that. Some people or sites may tell you differently, but you don't need the bother, as you can live happily without it in your life. Promise.
An EIN, however, is one number you WILL have to acquire. An Employer Identification Number is a business entities identifier (which IS you, strangely enough, though you are the sole owner and employee of said business, which is self-publishing). For a really good step by step of obtaining one and a good outline of why we all have to go through this annoying process, go here:
However, if, like me, you are in Australia and thus this page does not help you, go here: Also go here if the phone number on the other page does not work...
Another number you might require to get (in Australia), depending on where you upload, is an ABN (Australian Banking Number), and there isn't an age limit on it and is extremely easy to obtain. Other countries might have an equivalent, but I am not in those 'other countries' so I don't have the means to speak about them.
Whilst on the financial numbers topic, you might find it beneficial to set up a separate bank account so that when sites require an account's information (so they can deposit your profits), your personal banking information can't for whatever reason get tampered with. It's a safety and security measure, and just a hint.
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