Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #384115 in Books
• Published on: 2002-02-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 521 pages

Synopsis
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

From the Author
Learn how to publish your own work!
Tom and I originally wrote and self-published "The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing" back in 1979. Then it was titled "The Encyclopedia of Self-Publishing."

We did what we recommend our readers and clients do: make a success of the book, then sell the rights to a major publisher. It was very exciting when we went to Cincinnati in 1983 to negotiate with Writers Digest Books their taking over this title. Little did we know, they had amassed some 30 books on the subject of self-publishing. (We had no idea there were that many back then!) They wanted to choose the very best on the topic ...and decided our book was it. What particularly delighted us was that a trade publisher was finally going to produce a book on self-publishing, thus helping legitimize this method for getting into print.

Since then, the book has been revised and is now in a third edition. In this recent edition we added several things. It now includes 30 ways to generate working capital, information about publishing and marketing into Canada, and details about working with a master (exclusive) distributor. We were most pleased when, on August 19, 1997, a reporter on NPR's Marketplace program declared, "The bible of this self-publishing craze is The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing."

Customer Reviews

A very useful and practical guide
Very useful guide. Giving lots of practical information you really need to know if you think of starting publish and promote your own book, especially on how to cut design and printing cost and how to get free publicity.

annoying American-style tome
I bought this book so I could see how to go about publishing my translations, not to 'seize control of my destiny'.
This book is 80% filler of the TV-marketing variety.
Buy it by all means if you want to sift 2 grains of useful information per self-help, go-get-it, sell-sell-sell, treat-everyone-you-meet-as-a-potential-buyer, Yanky doodle tonne.
Otherwise, look elsewhere.

An absolute requirement for self-publishers.
This wonderful book leaves no stone unturned. I wanted to understand fully what I was getting myself into by self-publishing and found this book. That was truly my lucky day.

It's incredible how Tom and Marilyn are willing to share so much information. I am well ahead of schedule because everything I needed to know is here in this book. They don't just tell you what you should do; they also explain why, how, and when. Thank you both so very much!