If you love to cook and have tons of great recipes, it's worth considering creating a cookbook. This is a great way to showcase your talent and possibly make money. Thanks to the wide possibilities of the Internet, you can compose and publish your own cookbook by following a few simple steps and without making any prepayment.
1. Select a culinary theme. If your talent is in French cuisine, focus on that. It is important to choose a single topic so that the book is coherent and easy to promote.
2. Collect your best recipes. When composing a cookbook, you will have to edit it yourself and describe only the most delicious dishes. If you are unable to edit the book yourself, ask a family or friend to pick the best recipes for you.
3. Write an introduction. Tell us about your culinary style, its origins, and what you like about it. Your introduction will set the tone for the entire book. If it contains simple and quick recipes, or vice versa, complex and time-consuming, you need to say about this in the introduction.
4. Take your portrait. You need to put your photo on the cover of your cookbook, as many authors do. If you don't have some good photos recently taken, hire a photographer. Let him take pictures of you in the kitchen while cooking, this will give the book authenticity.
5. Write your biography in a third person. Tell readers about yourself, including the basic facts, how you got started, and your qualifications, if any. Include a funny anecdote or story in your description to personalize your biography. A third-person biography looks more professional.
6. Find suitable photos in the image bank or take a photo of your ready meals yourself. If you do not have the necessary equipment, and you cannot hire a photographer for this purpose, you can search for suitable photos in the image bank on the Internet. Photos will give the book a visual that will inspire your readers to culinary feats.
7. Register on a free self-publishing site and download free book layout software. There are many self-publishing sites that can help you produce a book of a completely professional quality without paying in advance. Here copies of the book are printed to order. With free software, you can choose the layout, font and format of the book.
8. Set the retail price for your book. Since self-published sites print copies on demand, there is no prepayment required and you only need to think about the retail price. You will be told the cost, which depends on the size of the book and the number of pages, and you will need to add your commission to this amount.
