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Complete Guide To Self Publishing (1989)

by Marilyn Ross(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0517024039 (ISBN13: 9780517024034)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Random House, Inc.

review 1: There is a lot of information in here that is useful for someone like me with little exposure to the publishing industry. It is tailored to publishing "marketable" books - nonfiction, "how to" types - and I am looking to self-publish a Kerouac-esque novel of a literary quality, but in reading it I am becoming more knowledgeable about a competitive market that I would otherwise know little about. Ultimately, you've got to believe in what you are writing and producing - and go for it, put it out there. I wouldn't have created a Goodreads page had it not been for the section on internet marketing in this book.
review 2: I downloaded the Kindle version for free, and I would've been really disappointed if I'd paid for it. The formatting had no indents, and it's just... more not quite optimized for the Kindle the way I'd expect a book published by a big publisher to be. (And yes, it's maybe a bit ironic that a guide to self-publishing appears to be published by a royalty publisher.)Since our book is already published, I focused on the promotion aspects. There seems to be a fair amount of useful information on promoting if you're writing a non-fiction print book. But there wasn't all that much on promoting if you're writing fiction. The version I downloaded, at least, was pretty light on eBooks, considering how ubiquitous they are now. Since there is a Kindle version it would be nice if the author/s could keep the book a bit more current with changing trends.What really jarred me is the anecdote about an author who craftily told his potential reviewers, "Why wait for the old-fashioned next-day courier when you can read it online right now? I will give you the unique Internet address of my book or send it to you as an e-mail attachment that you can view in Adobe Acrobat Reader." In 2012, when most people either have a Kindle, a Nook, an iPad, or a phone that can read eBooks, I don't think sending a PDF attachment should really be called "a new approach to (obtaining) book reviews."Worth looking into if you're planning to print a bunch of physical copies and sell them yourself. For eBooks, you can probably get better information just searching Google. less

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