Publish Your Book, Your Way: A Workbook and Guide to the Business of Independent Publishing

The business of contemporary publishing is anything but straightforward. It’s eccentric, quirky, peculiar and volatile. Publish Your Book, Your Way: The Workbook and Guide to the Business of Independent Publishing teaches you how to master the business details of the publishing path that makes sense for your work, your wallet, and your writing career. In these pages, you will learn these skills with step-by-step, fingers-on-the-keyboard instructions—How to find professional editing and design help; How to choose wisely among the many printers, electronic book conversion services, and distribution options; How to calculate the royalties from sales of books-on-paper and ebooks so you know which printers and distributors offer the best deals; How to judge when author services are truly services for authors; How to retain all the rights to your work; How to reasonably judge what standards of book production quality best serve your needs. If you want to succeed as an independent publisher, you need facts, not promises, and a guide who knows the difference.