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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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Really Good Book, April 3, 2010
This review is from: The Step-by-Step Guide to Self-Publishing for Profit!: Start Your Own Home-Based Publishing Company and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book with CreateSpace and Amazon (Paperback)
As an author involved in self-publishing, I have purchased and read several books on the subject. This book is the best I have found so far. It is up-to-date, well-organized, well written and provides a ton of useful information. I would strongly recommend it, and I rarely give 5 star ratings. If you are looking for a place to start or to buy only one book, this is the one I would suggest. I looked at the lead negative review, and I'm not sure that person and I am living in the same universe. Perhaps he received a copy that for some reason had printing errors. Nevertheless, I disagree strongly with the negative comments. And no, I was not asked to review the book, I do not know Ms. Pinheiro, and I found and bought the book on Amazon. The only word of warning I would offer is that the book is written for those interested in publishing non-fiction books. Although authors of works of fiction would probably find the book somewhat useful, it is aimed for those looking to publish non-fiction.
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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An excellent walk-through how to do it, September 28, 2009
This review is from: The Step-by-Step Guide to Self-Publishing for Profit!: Start Your Own Home-Based Publishing Company and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book with CreateSpace and Amazon (Paperback)
At one time, self-publishing meant commissioning a printer to make up 5,000 copies of your book, then storing them in your basement until you sold them. Not any more. CreateSpace, a subsidiary of Amazon, will print just a single copy of your book at a time, and only in response to a customer order on Amazon. Christy Pinheiro's and Nick Russell's text walks you through the steps of self-publishing in this new and digital way. The authors encourage you to think of self-publishing as a business venture. This means they give all the steps necessary to register and plan a business, and at the same time, they discourage the publication of fiction, memoirs, and personal opinions that really aren't viable as commercial propositions. This is a very practical book -- precisely the kind of specialized how-to guide the authors say the CreateSpace process works best for. The only thing missing, I felt, was information on book design and typesetting, for which the authors refer the reader to volumes covering these subjects. All in all, this is an excellent guide for the publishing beginner who wants to be walked through the process of self-publishing from conception and planning to production and marketing.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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The Holy Grail of Self Publishing How To's, March 5, 2010
This review is from: The Step-by-Step Guide to Self-Publishing for Profit!: Start Your Own Home-Based Publishing Company and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book with CreateSpace and Amazon (Paperback)
I received this book as a prize after winning a blog contest. I am a published author and as such have done much research in the area of self publishing primarily for poetry chapbooks. What I enjoyed most about this book is the detailed information and tips it provided for each and every step through the process of self publishing. As a writer, I like to create but I'm not at all tech savvy when it comes to the nuts and bolts of publishing. I'm the type of person that needs each little detail explained as simply as possible. This book is exactly what I need. For example, I was fretting over how to convert a word doc file to a pdf file with my hair becoming grayer by the minute. This book not only tells you how to do it but also gives you the information to format the document to every specification available. The author writes from the perspective of a teacher explaining the entire process from beginning to end leaving you WITHOUT any questions when you have finished reading the book. I learned so much from this book and now feel that I am ready to begin the publishing process for my next poetry collection. This book is a MUST read if you are a writer. It is informative, concise and the holy grail of publishing how to's. Buy it!
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