Inquiry about self-publishing

[ahedonia]

I had an idle thought the other night, while out walking the foster-dog-who's-getting-closer-and-closer-to-not-being-foster-at-least-in-my-mind-anyway.

If you want to self-publish a book, what does that cost and what do you get from it? What's a good service to turn to if one wants to do that? I might want to put together a bit of navel-gazing.

Comments

[chairman_b]

Bonnie Gillespie recommends Dan Poynter's The Self-Publishing Manual. If your navel-gazing is entertainment industry oriented you might consider partnering with Bon through her Cricket Feet Publishing arm. Good luck!

[ahedonia]

Good advice indeed! :) Thanks!

[angelkitten13]

Um, I'm not real educated on the pros and cons of self-publishing, but there is a website www.xlibris.com that is print on demand (I think that's they're wording) and has different packages/options available.

[ahedonia]

Awesome! Will check it out. :)

[angelkitten13]

You're welcome. I hope it works out!

[ljg_fanfic]

I was looking at BookSurge, Amazon's POD. I was also looking at starting up my own small press...