The Guild of Outsider Writers - How to publish your own books: proofs

By: David Blaine (Registered) on 27-06-2007 11:50

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By: David Blaine (Registered IP 207.69.137.15) on 27-06-2007 11:50

Very good. I saved all three parts to my hard drive. This would be a great series to publish on CD. I hope you'll take it through to the end, marketing and all.

By: Leopold (Guest) on 27-06-2007 20:02

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By: Leopold (Guest IP 142.59.195.166) on 27-06-2007 20:02

Yeah, I think I will. On my third book now, I think I have a bit of a hang of it, and am aware of what the pitfalls are for someone going totally independently. Maybe once I have a series I can edit them and put them together as a resource on this site or another. Other people might as well learn from my mistakes!

By: Michael Grover (Registered) on 28-06-2007 21:18

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By: Michael Grover (Registered IP 72.153.5.73) on 28-06-2007 21:18

I just print chapbooks. I print them straight out of my computer on demand. I have colored paper for the cover and all. They're just chapbooks, not perfect bound or anything. I lay them out in microsoft publisher, and just print. Fold and staple them myself. That's another way to do it.

By: David Blaine (Registered) on 29-06-2007 15:38

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By: David Blaine (Registered IP 207.69.137.22) on 29-06-2007 15:38

For all the shit Microsoft Publisher takes, it does a very good job on chaps. I didn't know that was what you used, Mike. That's the beauty of it, they look just fine.

By: Leopold (Guest) on 30-06-2007 10:03

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By: Leopold (Guest IP 142.59.195.166) on 30-06-2007 10:03

Yeah, that's how I did my first book. In fact, with the multi-purpose home printers you get these days, as long as your book isn't over 100 pages, you can do it all on a home computer with a printer and a long arm stapler. Only problem with those is that it's difficult to get them into stores. But I'm more and more convinced it's not worth even trying to get your books into stores these days.

By: Michael Grover (Registered) on 30-06-2007 10:15

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By: Michael Grover (Registered IP 72.144.233.18) on 30-06-2007 10:15

Yeah, and to get them in stores you need an ISBN too. I've got a smaller local bookstore I can leave my books in. Yes David, Publisher does a nice job printing books.

By: leopold (Guest) on 11-07-2007 09:45

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By: leopold (Guest IP 142.229.87.168) on 11-07-2007 09:45

Publisher is just really not a good graphic design program for people with design training. But for most people it's just great and affordable, so I try not to knock it. Hell, if Adobe didn't charge $1000 for it's products, people would be using their better products!

Yeah, some stores will take stuff without ISBNs, but most won't, particularly Amazon. It's kind of 1984...