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(The sites and books listed below have been helpful to me.) If you are a writer and want to know how you can get your books into print, read on. THERE I have listed: Publishing Books you will need to Read Websites on Publishing Others Sites to Help Listing your Book, Website and Company Organizations ON PUBLISHING If you are thinking of self publishing, YOU will need to find information about every step you'll have to take! You will need to find out about: Writing, editing and proofreading your book. If you need pictures and can't draw or paint you'll need to find an illustrator. Computer software or book designers. Starting your Publishing business. Coming up with a budget. Coming up with the money. Bar codes. ISBN numbers. (Whether to buy your own ISBN numbers. Around $250 for 10 numbers! One number would be about $150!) Decide if you will do POD or do offset printing. (This will be a clear money thing! POD is cheaper!) Find a printer. (For picturebooks that may be overseas for 4-color printing and lower cost. Or POD which stands for Print-on-Demand Printing. They can print just one book at a time.) I used POD. Book consultants and packagers. Whether to book shepherd or not. (You will not need a book shepherd, if you read the right books and can get your head around all that needs to be done!) If not using POD, you will need to know about warehousing and fulfillment services and book returns. Marketing help and/or plan. Galleys. Website and SEO (Search Engine Optimization.) For me this is the hard stuff.) Take your time and learn this for yourself! AND much, much more! AIMING AT AMAZON by Aaron Shepard Is the most important book, I believe, a self-publisher needs PRINT-ON-DEMAND BOOK PUBLISHING by Morris Rosenthal is the second most important book I can't say enough about this book or Mr. Rosenthal's website. He covers the latest information about POD, the publishing business, and marketing your books while saying it in everyday language. His detailed information on Search Engine Optimization was a great help. PERFECT PAGES, Self Publishing with Microsoft Word by Aaron Shepard. Even if you are not using Microsoft Word this book can teach you to understand typesetting, adding bar codes, choosing fonts, choosing a printing service, setting margins, controlling widows and orphans, making a simple cover and PDF files. BOOK DESIGN and Production, A GUIDE for AUTHORS and PUBLISHERS by Pete Masterson. This book will help you to understand the printing of your book. Typesetting, CMYK (4-color printing) and computer software had me baffled until I read it. The complete Guide to Self-Publishing by Tom and Marilyn Ross. They are the co-founders of SPAN. 521 pages, this is a reference book for self-publishers including an indepth look at book manufacturing. UNLOCKING The SECRETS of PUBLISHING, A Simplified Guide to Independent Publishing by Sylvia Hemmerly. This book provides authors and publishers with the fundamentals of putting a strong book together as well as timing and planning your marketing campaign. THE PUBLISHING GAME, PUBLISH a Book in 30 Days by Fern Reiss. This book goes through what to do and when to do it. You will define you goal, write the cover copy, understand book pricing, learn about software, book layout, and galleys. It has a list of PRINTERS, learn about listing your book with bookstores, and know how to ship books, (and YES) returns. The Self-Publishing Manual, How to Write, Print and Sell your Own Books by Dan Poynter. This is a reference book for authors self-publishing with nothing left out and resources for everything. A Simple Guide to Marketing Your Book by Mark Ortman. Packed with all that's needed to get a book noticed. |
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www.fonerbooks.com/2005/09/childrens-books-and-writing-for-print.html Morris Rosenthal's site. Like his book (above), his site covers up to date info about POD printing plus he fills his readers in on issues going on in the industry. www.wiseowlbooks.com/publish This is Mark Ortman's marketing website. http://www.gropenassoc.com/index.htm This is a Reference Desk with everything at a click. Marketing/price setting/ design info/ editing/finance/ management/ technical info in publishing and links to everything self-publishers need. www.publishinggame.com Fern Reiss' site, like her book, keeps writers and publishers informed and up to date. http://wexfordpress.com/index.html John Cullenton's site offers do-it-yourself find out about indexing, book coaching, shepards, packagers, book design, and typesetting. See his lists of specialists. www.aaronshep.com/publishing Aaron Shepard's site. This site has tips for young and older authors. Aaron Shepard's Bulletin is helpful with info on self-publishing, software for creating your books, printers info. I read his newsletter each month. www.aeonix.com Pete Masterson's site. BOOK Printer's list and what they print, info on POD and Digital companies, Vanity press info, page layout, Book design, and software. www.midwestbookreview.com Reviewer Jim Cox's site. http://www.publaw.com/legal.html Copyright attorney, Lloyd L. Rich's site. www.ivanhoffman.com Copyright attorney, Ivan Hoffman http://groups.yahoo.com/ Find a self-publishing group here. OTHER SITES www.widexl.com/remote/search-engines/metatag-analyzer.html This site can help you with SEO (Search engine optimization). www.katscan-ocr.com OCR (Optical Character Recognition) For scanning pages into computer files to be read and edited. copyright information. www.copyright.gov www.cipblock.com/cip.htm For copyright page cataloging http://www.bowker.com/ ISBN#'s www.narrativeanimal.com/ILPICBKS/002CLS03.HTM For Picturebook authors: Layout outline for picturebooks at this site by Elena P. Ascuzzi Corsi and Sandro Corsi http://www.bookwire.com/ www.bookplateink.com/index.html www.about-books.com http://www.gopublishyourself.com/about.php www.accessibility101.org.uk/tips/55.htm www.wiseowlbooks.com/publish/reference.html http://nycip.org/ http://smallpress.typepad.com/ http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=webmasters#essentials LIST your book, website and/or company These are a small number of places you need to get listed on. Also look on my HOME page for more sites under Social Networking and Search Engines. As I said above, This next site is invaluable. Hundreds of sites to list your book, website and articles you write to promote yourself. http://www.bauuinstitute.com/Marketing/Marketing.html www.nothingbinding.com www.jacketflap.com DMOZ, the Free Directory. List your website on other search engines and listings. The list I used is at the bottom of my home page. http://www.dustbooks.com/ http://www.booksinprint.com/bip/ There are some stores that might sell independent published books. www.AllBookstores.com Allbookstores.com does not sell books, they compare prices and provide links so you can purchase the book at the price you want to pay. http://www.Amazon.com http://www.Half.com http://authorsbookshop.com/publishers.php www.publishersbookstore.com/index.htm http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/ www.borders.com www.usabooknews.com/aboutuscontactus.html www.bookweb.org Where to find independent bookstores www.barnesandnoble.com Where to find independent bookstores www.abebooks.com/docs/Bookstores/ www.booksamillion.com http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/ Organizations & where to get Important Items for Listing Your Books http://www.spannet.org/kidbook.htm Bar codes www.bisg.org www.pma-online.org www.bookweb.org List of independent booksellers www.isbn.org www.ala.org www.scbwi.org Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrator To The Top Copyright 2007-2010 |
Publishing GLOSSARY and more. The books listed below have them. Members of SPAN can access their online glossary at http://www.spannet.org The Ross' book, The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Glossary, pages 480-502 BOOK DESIGN and Production by Pete Masterson Glossary, pages 197-294 The Self-Publishing Manual by Dan Poynter. Glossary on pages 411-422 UNLOCKING The SECRETS of PUBLISHING by Sylvia Hemmerly Glossary, pages 68 to 88. To The Top |
WHAT IS POD?
* Print On Demand or
POD is a type of
printing where as little
as one book is printed
at a time and therefore
there is no inventory or
storage. There will still
be returns but fewer.
* Print On Demand or
POD is a type of
printing where as little
as one book is printed
at a time and therefore
there is no inventory or
storage. There will still
be returns but fewer.
NOTE:
I have the bare bones
of what is needed to
learn the publishing
business. I advice you
to do your own
research. The internet
has much of what
you will need. There
are sites for just about
everything on
self-publishing. And
one site will lead to
others plus books to
read and people who
can do the jobs you
can't do yourself. I've
made this list to
inform other
would-be
self-publishers so that
they may avoid
SOME of the
mistakes I've made. I
suggest if you are like
me and need to keep
costs down that you
learn to do as much
as you can for
yourself.
I have the bare bones
of what is needed to
learn the publishing
business. I advice you
to do your own
research. The internet
has much of what
you will need. There
are sites for just about
everything on
self-publishing. And
one site will lead to
others plus books to
read and people who
can do the jobs you
can't do yourself. I've
made this list to
inform other
would-be
self-publishers so that
they may avoid
SOME of the
mistakes I've made. I
suggest if you are like
me and need to keep
costs down that you
learn to do as much
as you can for
yourself.
BGP
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