2. Self Publishing - Where in the past commercial publishing was the only option, today
you can "self-publish" your book. Self publishing is when you take on all of the jobs
that are needed to create, print and distribute your book.
Some of the services required are:
*Editing - This is very important for most types of books
*Proof Pages - Preparing the pages and page order
*Artwork - You'll need both Front and Back covers plus the internal artwork which is any
images or clip-art that appears within the text
*Printing - You will need to turn your electronic files into hard/soft cover books. There
are 3 options for printing: get a small amount printed, get a large amount printed or use
a print-on-demand service
*Distribution - How will you distribute the books? You can contact retailers and
online distributors yourself or utilize a professional service
The first step is to decide which tasks you will do and which tasks you will hire
someone else to do. Today, thanks to the internet, there is lots of free information
available on each step of the publishing process.
3. Subsidy Publishing - This is when the author pays a printer to produce a book and
then earns royalties from the sales of the book. Sometimes this is confused with
self publishing. With self publishing the author pays all the expenses and in turn
receives 100% of the proceeds.
Another name for this is "Vanity Publishing Houses" which sometimes can have bad
reputations. They will often claim that they can sell the book and then after paying
for everything the writer is left without any real distribution and stuck with a bunch
of books.
4. Ebook Publishing - This is a new approach that is gaining a lot of popularity. It is
very easy to take a digital file and turn it into and ebook to sell online. A good way
to do this is by having a personal website or blog and putting up articles and content
to attract visitors and get publicity.
Alternatively, you can order an ISBN online and then companies like Amazon and Mobipocket
will sell your ebook through their distribution network and you earn royalties from
each sale.
Thanks to the internet there has never been a better time for an author to get published.
Some people feel that because there is so much information online that traditional
books will become obsolete.
I feel that while this may be true in some categories, for the most part it is the opposite -
all of the free information creates a hunger for more!
When radio first arrived, the music industry was scared that they wouldn't sell as many
albums and then they started selling much more than ever before. It's similar to how in
a grocery store you are offered free samples, if it tastes good than you are more likely
to buy.
I recommend spending a good amount of time doing research until you discover which is the
best way for you to publish your book. I highly recommend utilizing the internet to share
with others and grow your readership.
About the Author:
Jason Storm is a contributor to the online
resource center for authors: Book Publishers
Online blog, and runs the search engine optimization consulting business
Seo Publicity. Article Source:
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your-book-published-420709.html
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