Product Description

Whether it's a guide you've produced with your local history society, a collection of poems you want to share with friends, or your epic novel that should surely earn you a fortune, this book will provide you with the practical advice and technical information you need to turn your manuscript into a finished book. It also provides valuable business guidance to ensure you have a clear understanding of your goals. For example: What do you want to achieve from publishing your own book? How much money can you afford to invest? If you intend to sell the book - and not everyone does - who do you think will buy it? Once you have made an informed decision to publish your own book, you'll be guided through the process step-by step: book industry registration, classifications and copyright; pricing and margins; preparing your manuscript for print; format and design options; finding a printer and deciding the print run; marketing and advertising your book; and sales and distribution advice.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #67553 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 196 pages

Diana Cambridge, Writing Magazine
`Incredibly helpful.'

About the Author
Anna Crosbie has first-hand experience of the advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing. She also has first-hand experience of the bonuses and pitfalls of having someone else publish your book for you. Her first book Feng Shite: A Little Book of House Messing (Boxtree) has sold over 50,000 copies. Her most recent self-published book, Britain's Hot Potato: A Boiled Down Guide to the European Union, has sold 4000 copies to date - with limited help from its miniscule marketing budget!

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource
A great book, can't be faulted except that it may be a couple of years old. Has everything you need to know about self-publishing in an easy-to-read format. Is thorough, easy-to-follow and invaluable considering many self-publishing books emanate from the States so contain few relevant contact details for UK readers.
Highly recommended.

M Lewis UK
Most of the other How To Self Publish books, whilst informative seem to have mainly been written for a US market. This one however is written specifically for a UK market and basically tells you everything you need to know in regards to self-publishing a book in the UK. Very clear and easy to read with lots of addresses and links specific to over here. It's definitely the starting point if you are self-publishing in the UK.

Essential Reading
I would just like to use this space to say that I have consulted How to Publish Your Own Book as the 'Self-Publishing Bible' of how to get your book into print and set up a publishing company. My new book Are We There Yet? Travels with my Frontline Family (Paperback £8.99)was published by Reportage Press on May23rd 2007. We are a small publishing company specialising in books with a foreign feel. www.reportagepress.co.uk. We have seven titles in the pipeline. I could not have done this without this excellent book. Check out the book on amazon or buy it directly from the publisher.