Smart Self-Publishing: An Author's Guide to Producing a Marketable Book (1881539148) - Reviews and Prices

Editorial Review:

"Smart Self-Publishing: An Author's Guide To Producing A Marketable Book" is a user-friendly, straight-talking guide. Filled with useful tips, publishing experiences and a resource list, this second edition provides even more practical information to give confidence and direction to authors and publishers. The Salisburys's message is that self-publishing authors should do their book properly, from professional cover design to typesetting, if they want to be successful.

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

So you want to self-publish?:

Don't even think about until you read this book...

"Smart Self-Publishing" (Tabby House) is the winner of the National Association of Independent Publishers Special Publishing Award, and with good reason. Linda and Jim Salisbury have created a phenomenal reference for any writer who opts to produce and publish their own book, but all writers heading into the realm of publishing would benefit by the reading of this book.

The chapters include topics such as �Ways to Get Published,� �Working with... more info

Keeping track of money matters, and much more:

Now in an completely updated third edition, Smart Self-Publishing: An Author's Guide To Producing A Marketable Book by independent press publishers Linda and Jim Salisbury (Tabby House) is an informed and informative "how-to" instructional manual for succeeding in the competitive world of book publishing. Individual chapters address different venues of self-publishing, how to be professional in both literary product and the human element in publishing, handling the challenges of book promotion and... more info

A good book for the beginning self publisher.:

There are dozens of books written on self-publishing and this is one of the better ones. The author covers the basics in reasonably good detail. The writing style is light and easy-to-read. The book is also full of examples of books that were self-published and what these authors did to ensure their book's success.

The authors advocates the use of "Book Packagers," and in many respects the book assumes that you will be working with a Packager. Passages like "be sure to ask your Book Packager about this. .... more info

A Must for the Self-Publisher:

If you are self-publishing only to share your work with family and friends, about the only real mistake you can make is to pay too much for design/printing. This can be avoided by old-fashioned comparison-shopping. But if your goal is to make an impression on the commercial market, there are many mistakes you could make which would guarantee failure. To avoid these mistakes, you must learn as much as possible about book design, production, marketing, etc. You must become your own expert.

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