Publish Your Own Book
Self Publish Your Own Book
Author: M.c.
The first thing you need to when you decide to self publish is make up your mind that you are going to do this regardless of what happens. This is because as you soon as you tell someone else that you are going to be self publishing you are usually going to get some negative comments. So you need to have made your decision within your mind and decide to stick to it all the way through.
The second thing you have to do is to actually write. It may sound stupid or silly but you actually have to put writing at the top of your priority list. You may actually have to use your free time to do the writing, and have less time to hang out with your friends or family. Now I am not saying do not have a balanced life, you just have to try always putting your writing first.
The third thing you have to consider is to just write as much as you can. Do not worry about what form it is going to be in, whether it is going to be published or even if there is errors just continue to write. Get all your thoughts onto paper or your screen if you are using a computer. Only after you have written all your thoughts down, then you can go back and check for errors and also do the formatting.
When it comes to formatting your work you can get yourself software called Creative Suite, the latest version. They have an in built feature called In Design, which is great for laying out your self published books. It also allows you to do a lot of editing including your cover design. If you ever want to get your book in a store you need to get what is called an ISBN number.
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Old enough to be able to pay for it or have parents willing to pay for it. Self-publishing isn’t cheap.
There’s no age limit.
I was recommended these from J.S Lewis author of THE REVENGE OF THE SHADOW KING
first buy this 1. How to bring fiction to life
then 2. How to stay out of the rejection pile
3. Jeff Hermans guide 2010
4. How to write a book proposal
This might be expensive but it has everything you need. Jeff Hermans guide has probably everything. but it is not as detailed. Get that if you want one book. Jeff Hermans guide is about 20 bucks and you can buy it on amazon. It’s about a thousand pages. It may be alot of reading, but most of the book has helpful contact information of literary agents.
Of course, it’s legal. Whether it is wise is another matter. Once in 10,000 times a self-published book earns its costs back; however, if you simply want to see a book with your name on it, there are short run printers to serve. Unless you have a bar code and an ISBN, no bookstore beyond your local friendly one will stock it, though.
I don’t know about doing it in Europe. In America 1000 copies of a 96 page paperback with a four color cover can be put out for around $2400, offset printed from PDF files. If you are willing to accept POD technology, it can be done for less than half of that, provided you design it yourself and you know what you’re doing.
Self publishing makes sense when your project is not suitable for traditional publishing and you have the ability to take on the role of a publisher yourself which means: editing, layout, getting it printed, marketing your book and distributing your book at all a competitive price. Failure to do any one of these things well, will mean your book will not sell. Marketing and distribution may be easy if you are writing to a niche market and know that niche, but can be difficult and expensive for more broad based projects which at first glance yours seems to be.
Vanity presses offer packages that may do some very basic editing, layout, printing and some basic distribution, such as getting your book on Amazon. Prices vary greatly and since these presses do not check for content and do minimal marketing, many authors never recoup their vanity package costs.
You can avoid the vanity fees if you are capable of doing that work yourself.
A small 80-page B&W book wold cost you about $6.10 per unit to have printed with lulu. See their chart here: https://support.lulu.com/View.jsp?procId=49bbc167ce33751cc301faf089b32b5f&locale=en_US
I’m aware of a few other companies that are in the same price range.
The plus of self publishing is that it may be faster, allows you complete content control and allows you to avoid having to find a traditional publisher.
The minus is you need to do all the work of a publisher yourself and compete against people who are professionals at it, have economies of scale on their side and have a distribution network you will not have.
Hi. I ran into your query I hope I can help. You may probably decide which way you want to go if you have exhausted all options. Perhaps its best still if you happen to have a publishing plan mapped out and then go from there.What are your thoughts on publishing the whole thing yourself while waiting for agents to do it for you? There are actually lots of chances for agents/editors/publishers to take notice of your book once they see the finished product. In the meantime, I’ll give you something to peruse while you are at it.
Maybe you would like to ask around and perhaps shop around. Many would also suggest getting an agent which could take SO long for them to sit down and actually notice what you have there and believe me, we are not just talking months here but years. Let me give you something to peruse at while you are at it and hopefully this will help in your ride to the wagon of success.
Good luck 🙂
I’ve had a completed manuscript for a number of years and I’m still working out that detail. Your either need a good literary agent, or you have to publish it yourself through a vanity press. It’s not easy to get a book published because as many talentless people there are who want to be movie stars, double it for the number of people who think they can write.
So, prepare your manuscript for submission by writing a good book proposal, formatting it according to manuscript guidelines (see the Chicago Manual of Style) and submit it to agents who handle your kind of work. There are a few really good books on writing a book proposal. The best being, oddly, “How to Write a Book Proposal” by Michael Larsen.
Don’t worry about copyright. you have one by simply creating the work. The old “mail yourself a copy” is an old wives tale.
Good luck!
Money flows toward the WRITER. If you want to be published, you don’t pay for it! Publishers pay YOU.
http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/
http://sfwa.org/writing/anti-scam.htm/
How to get it published and on bookshelves:
1. Query an agent. Make sure they actually handle the kind of book you have written. For goodness’ sake, follow their guidelines and NEVER call them over the phone!
*Some* agents do not take queries from unpublished writers. Most, however, will consider your work regardless of credentials! All “knowns” had to be “unknown” at some point.
2. When the agent asks for your manuscript (fiction) send it to them. If you’re writing non-fiction, you query BEFORE writing.
3. The agent represents you and sends your work to publishers. Many publishers don’t take unagented manuscripts now. Agents make money by selling your book and getting a percentage of profits.
4. The editors at the publisher love your work and get the thumbs-up from their bosses, etc.
5. You’re published.
Never pay publishers (that’s called vanity publishing or Print-on-Demand). Also, don’t pay agents who have “up front” or “marketing fees”. Research these people before you put your trust in them!
Websites for researching agents/publishers and making sure you don’t get scammed, as well as how to write queries and a synopsis, etc.:
absolutewrite.com
agentquery.com
publisher’s marketplace
Preditors and editors
Writer Beware
aaronline.org
Have you thought about doing it as a web comic? Scott Kurtz of PVP and Pete Abrams of Sluggy Freelance, I believe, had the same idea got wrapped up in doing the online thing and in the case of Kurtz he got picked up by Image Comics. Mr. Abrams I believe has his books printed and distributes them from his website.
The easiest way is to self-publish. There are several self-publishing outlets ( see: http://tinyurl.com/35q46mw ) the most famous of which is http://www.lulu.com/
The problem, is that these self-publishing houses usually print by demand, ask you for money to print the first copy and would do nothing (or almost nothing) to promote your book, unless you pay them for that, too. In any case, in regular book stores, they would be always looked down upon by “real” publishers. The “real” publishers don’t publish anyone (they check the book by literary and financial merits – that is, how good it is, and what are the chances it would “sell”), and they pay you instead of you paying them for publication.
Who are the “real” publishers I am talking about? Names like Penguin, Random House, etc. You can enter the name of publishing houses that have published a book that you like (or that you think that is similar in style/genre to the one you wrote), and check for “author’s guidelines” or “author’s submission guide” or something similar on their website. For example on Random House, they have a link to “manuscript submission” where they explain in great details how to submit:
http://www.randomhouse.biz/manuscripts/
Please note that they, specifically, only accept submissions by literary agents, which means you’d first have to look for a literary agent specialising in your genre of writing:
http://tinyurl.com/2vl4jky
The problem with the big publishing houses is that they are very difficult to get to. One of the most famous examples is Harry Potter, which was submitted to twelve publishing houses (through a literary agent) before getting a green light from Bloomsbury’s. I bet that the other 12 are now eating their hats/hearts.
More information:
http://tinyurl.com/37bbc8e
First you have to finish writing, and edit it to the best of your ability. No reputable publisher or agent will look at unfinished work from an unproven author. Editing is just as important as getting the first draft of the story down on paper. Publishing comes later. Publishing is a business, and if a publisher does not think they can make money off your idea then they will not pay you for it.
There are two types of publishing, traditional and self-publishing. If you choose to go with self-publishing, I would recommend http://www.lulu.com as a great site. They don’t pretend to be anything they are not, and have excellent service. All the decisions will be in your hands. However, going with a company like this is a difficult road and it is not considered a publishing credential if you look to go traditional down the road. Here is some other information about the downside of self-publishers (also known as vanity presses):
http://www.sfwa.org/beware/vanitypublishers.html
As far as novels go, different publishers specialize in different things, and fiction is a broad world. You have to try and sell your material to companies that produce similar works (ie, don’t try and sell a fantasy novel to a romance publisher). So do your homework. Take a look at the most recent “Writer’s Market”… or even better, try the “Guide to Literary Agents”.
I absolutely suggest getting an agent instead of approaching publishers directly. I’m assuming you are not a contract attorney, so you will need someone to look over any offers and to guide you through the publishing world.
No publisher or agent should charge you any money up front! That is the sign of a scam! They make money by selling your book. Agents work on a commission (generally 15% of the amount of money the publishers pay you).
Make sure that you follow their exact submission specifications. You can’t send them your book, but you should be sending them a query letter (Nicholas Sparks has a good example on his website). Don’t copyright your book first, it looks amateur and would cause them trouble down the line when you do the revisions they ask for. Do not bind it into a book if and when they ask to see it, send loose pages. These are easier for them to deal with.
Here are some websites that can help. Read them thoroughly and research, research, research! Pay special attention to Miss Snark, because her archives can answer any question you ever have about publishing:
http://www.nicholassparks.com/WritersCorner/Agent.html
http://www.publishersmarketplace.com
http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/
http://www.agentquery.com
http://www.misssnark.blogspot.com
http://www.squidoo.com/booksonbooks
And be warned of the people on this list:
http://www.sfwa.org/beware/twentyworst.html
Good luck!
How to publish your own book?
I wrote a book a while back, how do I get it published?
What genre?
Well, it is fantasy, the title of the book is “Goth Loth Nemi Disaster of Bandubis” . It is about two twins caught up in a war, they find out they are sons of a god and fight, it’s pretty sweet.
Right now I am working on a Mafia story with a setting in Poland.
How to publish your own comic book?
Have no idea, been wanting to do it for some time. Outside of doing strips and such for zines & papers, how do you get an actual comic book published as an independent artist? Not really interested in being picked up by any major publisher…just want to do this on my own.
What are the steps to publish your own book?
I’m far from good enough to publish my writing, but I was just wondering.
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Is it legal to publish your own book?
Hi, i have written a short book and i was just wondering is it possible to produce it yourself or do you have to pay thousands of € to get it published. Thanks for your help in advance.
How can you publish your own book?
Say I wrote a book, a novel, and I would like to get it published, meaning get it like professionally edited, and earn the title of “author” of the book. Then I would like to not only keep it for myself but actually make a profit from it, selling it, and then later on in life become an author like Dan Brown. How do I go about this?
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I’m writing a children’s cookbook called Little Chef’s Snacks Cookbook and when I’m done, I want to publish it myself. How?
How old do you have to be to publish your own book?
You see. I like to write books and i’ve got loads of ideas and illustrations for my books but i don’t know how old i have to be to publish them. I’m 14 now so how long do i have to wait. Oh and if you know, could you please tell me how i could get my books published.
What is the best book for learning how to write and publish your own book?
I want to write a book but first I want to learn about the copyright laws and how to publish it. What is the best source of information for this?
How feasible is it to publish your own book?
I have been writing poetry and short stories for almost 20 years and have just never gotten around to publishing them. I’m considering it now. Is it a good idea to self-publish? Expensive? What are the pros and cons? Is it better to just work with a publishing company?
How to Publish Your Own Book?
I’m 16, and I want to be an author when I’m older. I write on various fiction and story writing sites and have received good comebacks and nice reviews. I have the writing side of it all figured but I’m absolutely clueless when it comes to the publishing of it.
So what are the steps to publishing your own novel.
Thank you in advance 🙂