How do you go about self-publishing? What do you need? What do you do? Thanks.?

Question

ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW: HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT GETTING THE BOOK AN ISBN IF YOU HAVE NO PUBLISHER? HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO GET AN ISBN? HOW DO YOU GET IT?

Answer 1

I seriously advise you against self publishing. It is a financial black hole. If the company you are considering doesn't offer ISBN's you have a major problem. ISBN numbers can only be purchased in lots of ten by a publisher. Without one, your book cannot sell through online sources like Amazon and Barnes and Noble. And self published books do not end up in bookstores - which is still where the majority of books are purchased.

Self publishing used to be called vanity publishing. It is just for people who cannot publish any other way. All you do is purchase books printed - and usually low quality and poorly printed at that. You pay for everything - including the fact that YOU have to market the book. If nobody knows your book is for sale, you won't sell many outside your immediate circle of family and friends and acquaintances. The average sales for a self published book is under 100. Recently, I did a check of a self published book being "featured" on the Lulu site. It had sold exactly FIVE copies.

Once you self publish, in order to sell books, you have to turn your life over to that book. You can get a ton of copies and put them in your car and sell them yourself. You can go to every book store you can reach by car and beg the manager to stock your book. You can send out thousands of letters to other bookstores asking them to stock it. A few actually might. You can purchase copies and send them free to critics and beg them to read it and write a critique. You can purchase online advertising, newspaper advertising, radio advertising, whatever you want. But it all costs you money. And plenty of it. Self publishing is the literary black hole.

So tell me this. If you believe in yourself as an author and in your book, don't you think you deserve more than 5 sales? I always tell people if they truly believe in the book, you owe it at least 12 - 18 months maybe longer to try and publish it traditionally where it does end up in bookstores and does sell. Then if you can't get anywhere - spend the money and self publish if you want.

But just know that self publishing is never free. There is always significant cost involved if you want to sell self published books.

I have starred many great Q and A from Yahoo Answers on writing and publishing and you can read them by going to my profile. There are many on the subject of self publishing. Print a bunch of them out and read them. You will be surprised to see that most people advise you against it. Many who praise it are actually people from the companies posting here to hype their services and lure young authors into signing up. We call them sockpuppets. Don't believe a word of it. Many self publishers like Publish America are so buried in lawsuits that they will never get out of court. They routinely make writers sites lists of the Top Ten Worst Publishers.

Pax - C

Answer 2

There are several self-publishing companies out there. iUniverse, Lulu.com, and plenty of others.

Basically what you need is money and an electronic file to upload to your chosen company.

Each company varies on how they handle things like cover art, payment, and ISBNs. Some offer editing services and some don't.

Some cover the ISBN upfront, and include it in their basic fee. Lulu doesn't do an ISBN automatically, but for an extra fee will get you one. The company (aka vanity press) has to get the ISBN--you cannot get one on your own.

Once you have books, it will be up to you to publicize and sell your book. Bookstores won't order it, but depending on which company you use, you might be able to get it on Amazon. You're still responsible for telling people about it, though.

Good luck!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The easiest way would be to get a book review section of a Sunday paper or a magazine about writing. These will have ads from companies that are willing to edit your manuscript for you and print it as a workmanlike hardbound book. You can write to them and ask for literature about their services. They will tell you how much it costs, how many copies you get, and what other services they offer. Every writer needs an editor. So, if they offer editing with the price, take it.

Answer 5

Go to the Dial company, Apple, or Scholastic