Complete Guide to Self Publishing: Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote, and...

Complete Guide to Self Publishing: Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote, and Sell Your Own ... | Tom Ross, Marilyn Ross | Great book for beginners!

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	Complete Guide to Self Publishing: Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote, and Sell Your Own ... Tom Ross, Marilyn Ross Writers Digest Books, 2002 - 521 pages average customer review:based on 121 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This new, updated edition of the industry standard shows writers how to get full control over their careers by self-publishing. Writers will see how the publishing industry works and learn how to make it work for them. Packed with maximum profit/minimal risk ideas, The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing, 4th Edition provides readers with: * Step-by-step guidance on every aspect of publishing and marketing a book * Appendices that list marketing contacts, government help and vendors, including names and addresses * Updated advice on e-publishing and electronic rights--everything the writer needs to know to tackle this dynamic new medium * Production tips that can cut design and printing costs * Proven sales letter formats, cover designs and catalog sheets * Dynamic marketing strategies for publicity, advertising and sales--specifically, what works and what doesn't

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The "COMPLETE" Guide to Self-Publishing? "EVERYTHING" You Need to Know?

Well, "YES," but only if you intend to hire professionals to do a lot of your technical self-publishing work. But if you want really to do it ALL yourself, Tom and Marilyn's instructions do not include the step-by-step, bottom-line, technical details on how to create formatted computer files that POD presses will accept.

You will not learn how to use a computer to setup and format your pages, to insert section breaks and page numbers, to insert 300 dpi photos, or to format a cover for your book. And, this book tells you nothing at all about how to convert your book block and cover files to PDF, the format required by POD presses. (Amazon offers other books that will teach you these skills.)

However, if you really don't want to do all this yourself, The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing is THE book you surely should buy. This book is geared primarily to teach you how to set-up your own, full-blown publishing business, and how to sell your books, once you have published them. Virtually all aspects of these two main topics are covered in great detail. To a lesser extent (in 53 of the book's 521 pages), suggestions and instructions concerning book and cover design are helpful as far as they go. But to convert their ideas to computer files, Tom and Marilyn suggest repeatedly that you should hire professionals to do these technical tasks.

Even so, because of its overall, valuable content, I have given this book a five-star rating.

Edwin Scroggins is author of HOW TO SELF-PUBLISH YOUR BOOK WITH BOOKSURGE FOR LESS $$$: A Step-by-Step Guide for Designing & Formatting Your Microsoft Word Book to POD & PDF Press Specifications

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Great book for beginners!

When I decided to start my own small press, I bought perhaps a dozen books about publishing. The Complete Guide to Self Publishing was the best of them all. It is somewhat outdated (2002 edition) but the information is very solid, practical and well-organized. I carried it around until it became stained and dog-eared.

the complete handbook

Having met the Ross's at Colorado Independent Publishers Assn and purchased their book, I felt ready to complete my manuscript. I found I was using it almost hourly. Lots of straight from the shoulder opinions as to what not to use or do. As well as sure fire suggestions in what to watch out for. They even have forms and phone numbers that can be used. I found out what there was to know about ISBN numbers and how to get them. I keep it handy and still use it to remind me of points that I find have slipped my recall. No other publication is needed in this area of information, that I can imagine. A keeper. Not a loaner.
Randall Shelton, author of "Life on Earth The Game."

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BEST SELF PUBLISHING BOOK I'VE READ

This is it folks. If you are trying to decide which books to buy for the independently publishing path, GET THIS ONE! It is a jewel, please ignore the haters saying its overrated (there are always haters). It's a great book!

A Useful Place to Start

I have always used mainstream publishers, so I cannot attest the the accuracy of the content. The book gave me ideas for marketing, however, and I appreciated some of the beginning, concrete information.

Seems logical and up-to-date, so I added it to my recommended books list for a graduate communication projects course.

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