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Craft Book Publishing – It’s Like People Working for You for Free!
Author: Bob Beacham
Today, any craftsperson can write and publish a craft book. All you need is an idea. Unlike years gone by when you needed thousands to even get started, today the investment required is tiny. So small that craft book publishing is within the grasp of everyone.
It can provide a serious income too. You might not be the next Dan Brown or JK Rowling but craft book publishing can be a lucrative business.
What people tend to overlook is the additional spin-offs that writing and publishing a craft book can bring. The direct income is important, of course, but don’t overlook the other benefits.
Once you’ve published your first craft book you automatically become an expert in many people’s eyes.
For a start, most people don’t realize how simple the publishing process is. They still think it’s expensive and took years to do. How are they to know you can go from “ordinary” craftsperson to published crafts expert in a matter of a few months?
So being a craft book author gives you a certain standing. It’s as if your craft book is going around telling people how good you are.
The first spin-off is that any crafts you make, because they’re made by a “published craft expert”, are more sought after and, by default, more valuable.
But it doesn’t end there.
Many people who write a craft book are invited to speak or demonstrate at shows and fairs. You’ve probably seen them there yourself. Did you know that at the very least you can expect to get your expenses paid. You might even get a fee. Not bad for doing what you love, is it!
Of course once you start demonstrating, your reputation grows and things can start escalating. People who didn’t buy your book will see you demonstrating and then buy a copy. You become someone who’s in demand. Demand for your crafts increases as well.
And all the while that craft book you wrote is still going around telling people how good you are. Like I said, it’s like having a whole bunch of people working to promote you – except they don’t cost anything.
In fact your venture into craft book publishing is probably making you money!
It’s all hypothetical of course. Some people aren’t interested in demonstrating or speaking in public. I should also say that there’s no guarantee of any income. When you write articles like this you have to point that out, because unfortunately there are bound to be a few people who write a craft book and don’t put in the work necessary to make it a success.
On the other hand I know those who make six figure incomes from craft book publishing alone. I guess it depends on being prepared to do a bit of work and getting good advice from the start.
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Try http://www.blurb.com
They have very inexpensive books that you can self publish and all different formats.
A 7″x7″ format book with 20-40 pages for $12.95 in softback or $22.95 for hardback.
You download their free software to your computer and
create your book then upload. They print it and send it to you.
There are many other options – visit their site.
Check out Booksie.com. It’s a free online publishing site where you can publish your book, short story, poem, etc. They have a ton of categories and thousands of writers and readers.
Best,
Phil
e-book creation is basically the process of taking a desktop publishing file (Word, Quark, InDesign, whatever) and turning it into a PDF or other e-book format. That’s pretty much it.
Publishing–finding manuscripts, editing them, creating the finished e-books, and selling & marketing them–is an entirely different process. I don’t think this is what you mean.
There’s Xlibris.com, which is a leader in the self publishing industry. You can find out more by getting a book publishing guide here http://www.xlibris.com/requestkit/index.asp?src=aop&key=qam
If you come across a publishing company who tries to charge you to publish anything you’ve written, I suggest you turn them into the Better Business Bureau. You aren’t supposed to be charged for them buying your book.. (Which is what happens when they agree to publish it.) Why would you pay them to buy your book? That doesn’t make sense.
As far as your question – Google can be a big help. Google “Erotic publishing” or somethin’ to that effect, you’ll find what you’re lookin’ for.
you can publish it for free on this website:
http://www.lulu.com/
you can design the cover, fonts, everything 🙂
Wish you luck with your book
lulu.com
They let you upload your book/comic and sell it online for free.
Every single book you’ve ever seen a bookstore has been published for free.
The only publishers who charge you money to publish your book are self-publishing companies. They are also known, with good reason, as ‘vanity publishers’ as they will publish anything they are paid to publish regardless of its quality or likelihood of selling.
Self-published books cannot be sold in the vast majority of bookstores, as a) 99 per cent of them are very bad books (after all, if someone’s book was good enough for a company to agree to publish it for free, why would they pick a company that wants to charge them?) and b) the bookseller can’t return unsold copies to the publisher. Consequently, you will likely lose a lot of money if you pay someone to publish your book, because nobody will buy it.
Legitimate publishers (ie, the type of publisher that has published pretty much every book you’ve ever read in your life) do not charge the author a thing. Legitimate publishers only publish books that they consider good enough to publish and sell, and they make their money from the book sales. The author also makes money on the book sales because they get a small percentage of the cover price of each book sold.
Have you tried http://www.free-ebooks.net ?
The biggest issue with your age is that you’re not old enough to sign an agreement or contract. Your parents can help with this by signing up with sites such as http://www.lulu.com or http://www.cafepress.com. Both are valid, no cost sites that allow you to publish.
All you do is finish your writing and pictures, upload to the site, and they will compile the books for you. YOU will have to market them, however.
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