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In the old days, self-publishing meant you couldn't find a real publisher to take your manuscript. While that may still be true in some cases, times have changed. For some, self-publishing is a way to make money. This is especially true when you know the precise market niche your book will fill, and it makes economic sense for you to be both author and self-publisher. Self-publishing is also an option when you have a pet project on a very specific subject that may not warrant the attention of a trade publisher, but will interest enough people for you to have a go at it as a self-publisher.

Books on Self-Publishing

Here are current top-selling books and magazines on self-publishing. And you may also want to have a look at our literary agents, book contracts, and getting published page.


1.		Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning from Doubleday Price: $18.45 Customer Review: How DARE you Amazon place this on my screen where I have to look at it as a RECOMMENDED book! How dare you place the image of this hateful, narrowminded, uneducated, propagandizing, hating, fearing, polarizing DETRITUS in my face! Keep this political clap trap to yourselves!	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		Sell Your Book on Amazon: The Book Marketing COACH Reveals Top-Secret "How-to" Tips Guaranteed to Increase Sales for Print-on-Demand and Self-Publishing Writers from Outskirts Press Price: $13.45 Customer Review: As an author with a book for sale on Amazon, I had high hopes for this book. My hopes were not dissapointed. When my book was first listed on Amazon, I would get on the page listing it to see if I had moved up the best seller list or not. It occured to me from looking over the Amazon site that there... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		Plug Your Book! Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity through Social Networking from Weber Books Price: $17.05 Customer Review: This is an amazing source of information. If you are self-published author you absolutely MUST buy this book and read it. Then after you read it, keep it close at hand for ongoing reference. I had never heard of Steve Weber before buying this book. To be honest, I was a bit put off by the... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		2 Books in 1: Complete User's Guide to the Amazing Amazon Kindle & Complete Step-by-Step Guide To Publishing for the Kindle (Package of Two Complete Link-Enabled ... Kindle Author Stephen Windwalker) from Harvard Perspectives Press (hppress.blogspot.com) Price: $9.99	Click here for more information


5.		Complete Guide to Self Publishing: Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote, and Sell Your Own Book (Self-Publishing 4th Edition) from Writers Digest Books Price: $13.59 Customer Review: 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!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Perfect Pages: Self Publishing with Microsoft Word, or How to Design Your Own Book for Desktop Publishing and Print on Demand (Word 97-2003 for Windows, Word 2004 for Mac) from Shepard Publications Price: $12.50 Customer Review: I have to say I'm completely thrilled with this book. It may be the single most useful self-help book I've ever read or purchased, which is saying a lot. Shepard gives you a high-level understanding of his approach to self-publishing in twenty or thirty pages, and then spends th rest of the book... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		Aiming at Amazon: The NEW Business of Self Publishing, or How to Publish Books for Profit with Print on Demand by Lightning Source and Book Marketing on Amazon.com from Shepard Publications Price: $16.00 Customer Review: "Aiming at Amazon" by Aaron Shepard is my favorite book right now because I successfully used it to create my already written book, "The Magi of Futurity", and have it listed on Amazon. After checking with others and reading the reviews for Aaron's book, I was very impressed and couldn't wait to... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		The Writer Within You: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing and Publishing in Your Retirement Years from Caros Books Price: $13.57 Customer Review: THE WRITER WITHIN YOU A Step-by-Step Guide To Writing And Publishing In Your Retirement Years By Charles Jacobs Charles Jacobs has written a comprehensive manual for anyone considering writing and publishing a book. `The Writer Within You' is geared towards those who... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Publish Your Own Magazine, Guide Book, or Weekly Newspaper: How to STart Manage, and Profit from a Homebased Publishing Company (Culture Tools) from Sentient Publications Price: $16.47 Customer Review: I couldn't be much happier with this book. On the plus side: The author suggests so many publishing ventures which can be handled on a small scale, or by a one-person-show. In fact, after I finish my first publishing project, I intend to try one or two other ideas from the book. This book saved me... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		The Complete Step-by-Step Guide To Publishing Books, Articles & Other Content for the Amazon Kindle (Creating Your Own Success Story with New Technologies) from Harvard Perspectives Press - indieKindle.blogspot.com Price: $7.99 Customer Review: Stephen Windwalker has done it again. I bought the ebook version of this book; the print edition is available or will be soon for those of you that don't own a Kindle. He offers a comprehensive look at the ebook industry which has been around for years but has finally come of age thanks to the... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		Publish Your Patterns! How to Write, Print, and Market Your Designs from Make It Easy Sewing & Crafts Price: $19.95 Customer Review: Short on style but packed with terrific, detailed how-to information. A lot of start-your-own-business books seem to have mostly vague information. Not this one. Included are names of specific software that is helpful, printers, etc. If you have any thoughts of publishing patterns, you need this... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		How To Publish and Promote Online from St. Martin's Griffin Price: $11.21 Customer Review: I read and studied this book and took the advice to heart. When I would go to the web addresses-I would get the "Page Not Found" message. Most of the websites did not exist. Websites that did and said that they were free, now charged a fee. One website even had removed the material stated in this... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		How to Self-Publish Your Own Comic Book from Watson-Guptill Customer Review: Although this book pertains specifically to Comics, it's a great overview of what things are involved in starting a publisher, be it comics, games, etc. Lots of good general small business advice is involved, too, with very good overviews of accounting (cash flow sheets), licensing, and... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		The Publishing Game: Publish a Book in 30 Days (The Publishing Game) from Peanut Butter and Jelly Press Price: $13.57 Customer Review: This book was very helpful - giving step by step instructions on the many things that you can do when you are publishing your first or 50th book. This book is a great road map.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.		The Power of Simplicity from Publish Connect Price: $14.99 Customer Review: When I first received this book I was a bit disappointed because it seemed cheaply (probably self-published) made. However, when I read it my eyes were opened. The saying "Never judge a book by its cover" is certainly true here. Patty truly offers up great advice to assess your life and priorites,... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		Marketing Your Kindle Book: Simple Steps to Market Your Kindle Book with Advice and Help for Self-Publishers of All Ages from www.delacruzconsulting.biz Price: $1.59 Customer Review: In Niche Publishing: Publish Profitably Every Time! Gordon Burgett presents straight talk to writers about how to target a specialty market for your book and how to sell to that market. His purpose is to demonstrate that it is more lucrative to reach niches than to use the shot-gun approach to reach... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.	[no image]	Children's Picture Books: How to Self-publish Your Way to Success!, Insider's Handbook: Writing, Illustration, Design, Printing, Sales, Distribution, Promotion & Publicity from Arimax Inc Price: $13.57	Click here for more information


18.		How To Publish Anything On Amazon's Kindle from IntGuide Price: $1.99 Customer Review: I am trying to convert some MS Office documents (e.g. ppt, xls) to kindle format. The kindle converter only deals with MS word documents and even there it botches embedded images. I hoped this book would help me, but it was totally useless. I wasted $2.	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		Indie Publishing: How to Design and Publish Your Own Book (Design Brief) from Princeton Architectural Press Price: $14.93	Click here for more information


20.		How to Self-Publish for Free: Using CreateSpace.com and 2007 Word & PowerPoint from CreateSpace Price: $9.95 Customer Review: I was glad to find this reference for some of my layout work. It was easy to understand, and easy to read. It is specifically for those who are brand new to writing, book layout, and even to CreateSpace. I would recommend it for those who have never published, or used any kind of layout... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information