Publish It Yourself: Five Easy Steps to Getting Your Book in Print [Paperback]

Alton Pryor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2002

In easy to understand terms, Publish It Yourself explains the steps needed to get a manuscript into print.

Editorial Reviews

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Alton Pryor has come up with a "nuts and bolts" handbook for authors who want to try self-publishing. -- Jim Hayes, writing coach for Los Angeles Times

Product Details

• Paperback: 125 pages
• Publisher: Stagecoach Pub (August 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096600535X
• ISBN-13: 978-0966005356
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,079,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #45 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Publishing & Books > General

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For anyone with a serious interest in self-publishing, September 8, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Publish It Yourself: Five Easy Steps to Getting Your Book in Print (Paperback)

Publish It Yourself: Five Easy Steps To Getting Your Book In Print by experienced and successful sel-publisher Alton Pryor (who has seven previously self-published books to his credit) is a straightforward, "user friendly" how-to guide to the processes of self-publishing, printing, and marketing one's own book on one's own terms. Five easy steps presented in a thoroughly reader friendly text, point the way through the various hurdles of making a manuscript "camera ready", critical choices in converting a manuscript into a printed volume, marketing through mailing lists, wholesalers, regional conventions and national shows, creating and adhering to a publishing calendar and schedule, and a great deal more. Publish It Yourself is a brief, 120-page introductory survey that comprises an excellent primer for anyone with a serious interest in considering self-publishing as an option for their writings.

0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Cold Wind, October 25, 2004

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juz_cheryl "cheryl" (singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Publish It Yourself: Five Easy Steps to Getting Your Book in Print (Paperback)

This story is heart-warming and touching. It is about a girl who does a whole-make-over due to her father's encouragement, from a unpopular geek to a popular girl in her high-school.Her father is always the one who would be there when she needed him, her mother is always busy with her work and is not very close to her.Whenever the cold wind blows onto her, she knows something bad is going to happen. She loses her father and is feeling totally lost. She has tried comitting suicide a few times,but is always stopped by her friends. Would she push away the past or remain sad and depressed? Only her boyfriend can help her.