How to Publish Your Book for Free

A 5-Day Course for Manuscript-Ready Authors

You’ve written the book.

Now you’re being told it will cost thousands of dollars to publish it professionally.

It doesn’t have to.

Publish for Free (Professionally) shows you how to take a completed manuscript and turn it into a professionally published book—without paying for publishing packages or services—while keeping full ownership and control.

This course exists because too many writers overspend out of fear or confusion.

There is a wiser way forward.

Full 2-Part Masterclass

Printable PDF workbooks

Lifetime replay access

This Course is for You If…

  • Your manuscript is finished (or nearly finished)

  • You want to publish professionally, not “DIY sloppy”

  • You don’t want to overspend

  • You’ve been told you must hybrid publish or traditionally publish to be a 'real' author

  • You want to understand the process so you can make wise decisions going forward

This is not a writing course.

It’s a publishing course.

What You’ll Learn in 5 Days

This is a live course.

  • Day 1 — Refine the Manuscript

Learn how to improve and edit your book to professional standards.

  • Day 2 — Prepare the Book

Understand how professional books are structured so your book meets reader and retailer expectations.

  • Day 3 — Format for Publication

Create a clean, readable interior using free tools, without formatting overwhelm.

  • Day 4 — Design to Be Discovered

Create a professional, genre-appropriate cover using free resources.

  • Day 5 — Publish Your Way

Upload your book with confidence, retain full control, and know what actually matters at launch.

Bonus: Recorded step-by-step upload tutorials for Amazon KDP and IngramSpark.

What You’ll Learn in 5 Days

This is a live course.

  • Day 1 — Refine the Manuscript

Learn how to improve and edit your book to professional standards.

  • Day 2 — Prepare the Book

Understand how professional books are structured so your book meets reader and retailer expectations.

  • Day 3 — Format for Publication

Create a clean, readable interior using free tools, without formatting overwhelm.

  • Day 4 — Design to Be Discovered

Create a professional, genre-appropriate cover using free resources.

  • Day 5 — Publish Your Way

Upload your book with confidence, retain full control, and know what actually matters at launch.

Bonus: Recorded step-by-step upload tutorials for Amazon KDP and IngramSpark.

By the End of This Course, You Will:

Understand the entire publishing process clearly

Learn how to professionally prepare your book

Avoid unnecessary publishing expenses

Retain full ownership of your work

Feel confident as a professional self-published author

What This Course Is—and Is Not

This course IS:

✧ Practical and implementation-focused

✧ Designed to save you money

✧ Decision-focused (so you know what to do next)

This course is NOT:

✧ A writing course

✧ A marketing or ads course

✧ A shortcut or a publishing “hack”

HI THERE,

I'm Andrea Lende

I'm an author, publisher, and founder of Self-Publishing Strategies and Beatitudes Publishing.

I learned this work the long way through experience, mistakes, and discernment.

My heart is to help writers understand the publishing landscape clearly, so they can move forward with confidence instead of pressure.

I believe your message matters.

And I don’t believe money should be the thing that keeps it from being shared.

"After six months of struggling with my first four chapters, Andrea’s AI workshop gave me a breakthrough. With her guidance on crafting the right prompts, I accomplished in two hours what had taken me half a year. She made AI approachable and showed me how to stay true to my voice while honoring God through my writing."

— Karen Sistrunk, AUthor + SPEAKER

"The publishing arena can be extremely complicated, unless you have access to the Publish for Free (Professionally) course with Andrea Lende. Her team’s superpower is reducing the complexity of publishing into a simpler doable format."

— Linda Goldfarb, AUTHOR + SPEAKER

"After six months of struggling with my first four chapters, Andrea’s AI workshop gave me a breakthrough. With her guidance on crafting the right prompts, I accomplished in two hours what had taken me half a year. She made AI approachable and showed me how to stay true to my voice while honoring God through my writing."

— Karen Sistrunk, AUthor + SPEAKER

"The publishing arena can be extremely complicated, unless you have access to the Publish for Free (Professionally) course with Andrea Lende. Her team’s superpower is reducing the complexity of publishing into a simpler doable format."

— Linda Goldfarb, AUTHOR + SPEAKER

“This was the clearest explanation of author websites I’ve ever heard."

“My site finally makes sense — and people are signing up for my list!”

“Andrea explains everything so simply. I wish I found this sooner.”

Founders Cohort

This is the first live offering of Publish for Free (Professionally)

Founders receive:

Live training and demonstrations

Early access at a reduced rate

The opportunity to help shape future versions of the course

Founders Price: $147

Founders Cohort

This is the first live offering of Publish for Free (Professionally)

Founders receive:

Live training and demonstrations

Early access at a reduced rate

The opportunity to help shape future versions of the course

Founders Price: $147

How to Publish Your Book Without Paying for Publishing Services

A 5-Day Course for Manuscript-Ready Authors

Founders Bonuses (Included)

As a thank-you for joining the founders cohort, you’ll also receive:

30-Minute Private Coaching Call with Andrea

Personal guidance for your book and publishing decisions

Value: $100

Upload Tutorials for Amazon KDP & IngramSpark

Step-by-step videos to guide you when you’re ready to publish, every time you publish

Value: $99

Publish for Free AI Prompt Bundle

AI prompts to support editing, decision-making, and so much more

Value: $79

Professional Publishing Checklists

Tools to help you prepare and publish with confidence

Value: $49

Total Bonus Value: $327

Founders Bonuses (Included)

As a thank-you for joining the founders cohort, you’ll also receive:

30-Minute Private Coaching Call with Andrea

Personal guidance for your book and publishing decisions

Value: $100

Upload Tutorials for Amazon KDP & IngramSpark

Step-by-step videos to guide you when you’re ready to publish, every time you publish

Value: $99

Publish for Free AI Prompt Bundle

AI prompts to support editing, decision-making, and so much more

Value: $79

Professional Publishing Checklists

Tools to help you prepare and publish with confidence

Value: $49

Total Bonus Value: $327

What You’ll Learn in 5 Days

This is a live course.

Day 1 — Refine the Manuscript

Learn how to improve and edit your book to professional standards.

Day 2 — Prepare the Book

Understand how professional books are structured so your book meets reader and retailer expectations.

Day 3 — Format for Publication

Create a clean, readable interior using free tools, without formatting overwhelm.

Day 4 — Design to Be Discovered

Create a professional, genre-appropriate cover using free resources.

Day 5 — Publish Your Way

Upload your book with confidence, retain full control, and know what actually matters at launch.

Bonus: Recorded step-by-step upload tutorials for Amazon KDP and IngramSpark.

Final Word

You’ve been told that publishing professionally means spending a fortune, waiting for permission, or handing your book to someone else to approve. That isn’t the whole truth.

You can publish professionally.

You can do it without overspending.

And you can do it without giving up ownership or control.

What you need isn’t a massive budget or a gatekeeper.

You need knowledge… so fear no longer makes the decisions for you.

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