| Self publishing is one of those activities where the | | | | book using a simple wooden jig you can make |
| old saying is true - "if you want a job done well, | | | | yourself or get a handy woodworker to make |
| do it yourself". | | | | for you for a few dollars. Each book takes only |
| Consider the stages in self publishing: You write | | | | about 5 minutes to bind and the whole cost of |
| the book, you send it to a publisher or maybe to | | | | the book is normally only about one dollar |
| an independent printer and book binder. You | | | | depending on the quality of paper used! |
| collect the books and then try to sell them. Or | | | | This is the ultimate simple, easy self publishing and |
| maybe you leave the whole publishing job to a | | | | self book binding dream. |
| specialist publisher. | | | | The beauty of this method is that you are totally |
| Look at the possibilities for something to go | | | | in control of everything. In fact if you are a fast |
| wrong: The printer is behind time, the costs per | | | | writer you could have a book written, printed and |
| book are high, the appearance of the book is not | | | | published and in the post or the shelves in less |
| to your liking. You are left with too many unsold | | | | than a week. |
| copies. If you use a print on demand publisher | | | | We are not talking here about some shoddy |
| they take a large cut of the price, and so on. | | | | looking bunch of papers stapled together or a few |
| Now look at this scenario. You write the book. | | | | sheets pressed into one of those school or office |
| You market it. As you get orders you run off a | | | | type binders. We are talking about an attractive, |
| copy of the book on your home printer. You | | | | normal sized paperback book which can stand |
| create a cover for the book using card and do | | | | alongside normally published books and be |
| the artwork using a simple desk top publishing | | | | practically indistinguishable from them. Except it will |
| program (you can get one free). You bind the | | | | have your name or logo on it. |