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 Step One
Decide what your goal is. Some writers need to print out just about enough copies of their cherished project for co-workers and buddies; others think they have got a book that will sell to a bigger audience.
Step Two
Inspect competing titles to make certain you are not covering the same ground. Discover what sales of those books have been to work out if it's actually worth your while to take on an analogous subject.
Call book distributor Ingram at (615) 213-6803 and punch in the International Standard Book Number of the book you would like to check and get an auto message containing the amount of copies sold in the year.
Step Three
Work out what format you would like to publish in: hardcover or soft cover.
Step Four
Check out print-on-demand publishers. If all you need to do is get a book published, these presses will do the job for a certain cost. Some vanity houses will print just one or two copies for a couple of hundred bucks. Print-on-demand is excellent for short runs (twenty-five to 500 copies). Rather than printing on traditional, ink-based offset printing kit, pages are reproduced employing a high-end copier. A digital file from a page layout program links right to a fast copier and then is machine-bound. Some shops offer perfect binding so it looks like a published book. Look at sources like Trafford.com, Xlibris.com and Iuniverse.com.
Step Five
Test print your book on a laser printer. Printing out all the pages of your book on your home laser printer, is a great way to do a first proof and let you catch many preliminary errors before your book even goes for a first proofing at the print shop.
Step Six
Shop assertively if you actually desire your book to sell. If you have been a writer considering self-publishing for a longtime, shop round. You may either decide to have a print-on-demand company, for example those discussed above, handle all the layout, printing and production activities, or go to a local offset printer and oversee each of those steps in the midst personally.
Step Seven
Ask potential providers to send you examples of their newly printed books. The quality will differ considerably with respect to paper quality, cover design, and layout between printers.
Step Eight
View rivals' books to figure out what size and format you'd like to publish your book as. Learn if there are standard sizes you must stay with to trim costs, or whether a different format will help your book stand proud. Print sizes can affect which print-on-demand publisher you can work with.
Step Nine
Familiarize yourself with printing costs. These will vary greatly depending on the amount of books you order. The more book you order, the better the deal. You will also be charged extra for layout of the pages and design of the book cover. Copy editing and proof reading will also cost extra.
Step Ten
Make sure to hire a designer with book experience. This will be someone that has done both typesetting, and cover design before. This step is important for a quality end product.
Step Eleven
Total up your costs, including printing, design, design, photography, copy modifying and other expenses. A normal publishing house that buys your book would usually absorb these costs, but then again, you lose control.
Step Twelve
Request an International Standard Book Number (ISBN), which is the standard code for identifying your book, at isbn.org.
Step Thirteen
Discover how and by whom your book will be distributed. Some print-on-demand firms handle it in-house. If you do it, you must have the books distributed to you, to contact book chains about stocking your book, possibly visit each bookstore individually, and handle any mail orders on your own.
Step Fourteen
Be ready to sell yourself. Any real promoting of the book will need to come from you. Self-publishing also suggests self-promotion, or hiring a publicist to do it for you. This is the most important steps when you publish a book.
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