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started by Niemann Lynggaard on 06 Aug 13
started by Niemann Lynggaard on 06 Aug 13
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started by Niemann Lynggaard on 06 Aug 13
Who hasn't dreamed of not only writing their own book, but seeing it in print on Amazon.com, getting a copy for their bookshelf, getting 'five copies for my mother?'
Well, now you can do it for a $99 fee and some cybernetic elbow grease. This page will show you how I did it, and chances are you can do it as well. This fine the guide to book article has numerous riveting suggestions for the reason for it. I've been reading for several years about Print On Demand, the nifty new techology where you put in PDF files on one particular finish (A single for the cover, a single for the insides) and a gorgeous, ideal-bound, bookstore-quality book comes out the other. I've even seen the technology in action at an document imaging tradeshow (that's my profession, by the way.)
I've identified other folks who have utilised Print On Demand (POD) as a way to self-publish, such as my own father. Click Here On Line includes more concerning the reason for it. My difficulty with that is I have no area in my garage for books, I do not want to get involved in the method of selling and shipping books, handling returns, and so forth.
Abruptly, whilst Googling something a week ago, I stumbled on some fantastic Goo. Amazon, the on-line bookstore, has absorbed a POD publisher named BookSurge, producing it a separate Amazon division. Now I could take my book project, upload it to Amazon/BookSurge, pay a fee, and VOILA! my book is on Amazon for absolutely everyone to get. It ships inside 48 hours, BookSurge pays me a 25% royalty inside 60 days, I can even acquire five copies for my mother at a discount!
I emailed BookSurge and was assigned an account manager, who I will contact Joseph (because his name is Joseph). I inquired about the particulars of publishing a book. For $599 I could get the hand-holding, send us your manuscript version of the publishing, or if I was brave, courageous, and could format my personal PDFs, for $99 I could use the Author's Express system to upload my book projects.
Considering that my book creation project was designed to be the forerunner of several far more titles, $99 seemed like the way to go.
I ran all more than the website, downloading instance PDFs, submission guidelines, and anything at all else I could locate. The website recomends utilizing Adobe -one thing or yet another- for text formating, and Adobe Acrobat 6 (not 7!) for PDF creation.
I decided from the git-go that Microsoft Word and PDF Factory Pro would have to work for me, considering that that is what I had on my desktop, and I do not want to devote weeks studying but another desktop publishing application, despite the fact that I am confident it is a great a single.
In addition to, I was currently thinking about writing this page, and I wanted to come up with a approach most anybody would be comfortable with.
The only real shortcut I took is that my cover is plain text, with no images on it. If you think you know any thing, you will likely need to explore about research import export. I figured my very first book is going to sell largely if not entirely on Amazon, and a pretty cover is not that critical there. In any case, I can constantly go back and upgrade my edition (The further fee for resubmitting either the interior or the cover is $50, after the book is published.)
Sample files and a total step by step description of how I formatted and published my three books (so far!) is at www.actasif.com/bookproject.