Williams provides a dynamic step-by-step guide to creating everything from tourism books and niche market magazines to specialty tabloids, using your home computer.
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A gold mine of unique publishing ideas, with step-by-step plans for implementing them. Use it as your introduction, inspiration and road map to becoming a successful publisher. -- Dan Poynter, The Self-Publishing Manual
A great idea stimulator. Covers the publishing of magazines, travel guides, real estate guides, weekly newspapers and directories, as well as books. -- John Kremer, 1001 Ways to Market Your Books
Williams gives away hundreds of trade secrets, sharing with us what he himself learned by trial and error. -- Betty Hodges, Durham Morning Herald
A great idea stimulator. Covers the publishing of magazines, travel guides, real estate guides, weekly newspapers and directories, as well as books. -- John Kremer, 1001 Ways to Market Your Books
Williams gives away hundreds of trade secrets, sharing with us what he himself learned by trial and error. -- Betty Hodges, Durham Morning Herald
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Have you ever wanted to publish a magazine, guide book, or weekly newspaper and make substantial profits, while working from your home? Tom Williams has done just that in his own successful publishing career, and he can tell you how to run a high-return, home-based publishing company in this practical how-to format.
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118 of 119 people found the following review helpful
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It is apparent the author does have a wealth of publishing experience in various endeavors. Still, I would have preferred more detail in each of the publishing phases, rather than a quick once over of each.
This is an excellent book if you are interested in publishing, but are not sure what you wish to publish. In other words, let this be a starting point. Then, if you decide to publish:
A - books, get Avery Cardoza's Complete Guide To Successful Publishing, or
B - community newspapers, get How To Produce A Small Newspaper
C - magazines, get Launch Your Own Magazine, and How To Start A Magazine, and Starting & Running A Successful Newsletter or Magazine - YES, YOU WILL WANT ALL THREE OF THESE!
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Although Williams certainly offers a great number of helpful tips and forms for those interested in pursuing publishing ventures, I agree with other reviewers that this book would have benefited from a narrower focus rather than trying to tackle the three major varieties of publications (not to mention their sub-varieties) in a single book. Though they certainly share similarities, there are enough differences to keep someone interested solely in newspaper publishing (or whichever focus is yours) rather bored for much of the text.
This is especially problematic in the chapters seemingly directed toward "all" of the publication varieties. The chapter on printing, for example, is actually heavily geared toward book printing with only a short section on printing newspapers, which seems to have been tacked on almost as an afterthought.
Specific technical information, too, is in slightly short supply. Even after reading through the entire book, I'm still a little uncertain about the nature and purpose of things like halftones and color separations, despite Williams' frequent mention of them.
Nevertheless, this is still a decent starting place for the ambitious novice publisher. Williams' advice is overall quite sound and relevant enough for me to keep the book around as a reference tool for my projects.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Gives a good overview of the challenges of small mag/newspaper etc publishing and gives alot of nuts and bolts type tips. Better to spend a little money on alot of good advice then to make the mistakes and learn the hard way. The author writes like a veteran of learning the hard way and thankfully he is sharing his knowledge.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good Book for Beginners
This is a good book for beginners. It gave me a great insight to starting my own local magazine. I received my book on time.
Published 7 months ago by sheri pettway
Great Read
Inspired me to start the first Hispanic all Spanish newspaper in central Alabama. We broke even on the 3rd edition and showed a $1,200 profit on the 4th. Success ever since. Read more
Published 16 months ago by waggly toast
publish your own magazine, guide book or weekly newspaper.
Excellent information provided. This guy starts from the beginning and literally walks the reader through publishing from A-Z. Highly recommended.
Published on November 15, 2009 by Alicia Guidry
My opinion...
I found this book informative and several of the plans/ideas are actually feasable to someone in my situation. Read more
Published on September 9, 2009 by Raymond S. Trower
Loved it!
I love this book! It's got a lot of really great ideas, tips and tricks that are useful for anyone thinking of getting into the publishing business.
Published on June 6, 2009 by C. Zimmerman
An obvious labor of love
Tom Williams' book is an obvious labor of love, by a man who knows the small-publishing business first hand. Read more
Published on April 14, 2009 by Gerard Mullin
Publish Your Own Magazine
Recently, I ordered this book and I must say, I really am proud of the service I receive and the timeliness of its arrival. Read more
Published on September 4, 2008 by Nigel Williamson
Fantastic Guide for the Small Publisher
I couldn't be much happier with this book. On the plus side: The author suggests so many publishing ventures which can be handled on a small scale, or by a one-person-show. Read more
Published on June 16, 2008 by That Chatty Gal
disappointed
Although there is useful information throughout, the book appears quite dated. This author still refers to such technological "wonders" as the fax machine and, god forbid, the... Read more
Published on March 31, 2008 by T. Heath
Most Informative
I am in the process of starting a magazine and this book by far has the best information of any of the others I have purchased. Read more
Published on November 15, 2007 by Margaret A. Jacksongray
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- Looking Good in Print by Roger C. Parker on page 54, and Back Matter
- Looking Good in Print, Fifth Edition by Roger C. Parker on page 54, and Back Matter
- Tested Advertising Methods (Prentice Hall Business Classics) by John Caples on page 196, and Back Matter
- Real Estate by Rh Value Publishing on page 106
- The Betty Book by Stewart E. White on page 217
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