Complete Guide to Self Publishing: Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote, and Sell Your Own Book (Self-Publishing 4th Edition) (Paperback)
by Tom Ross, Marilyn Ross
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Author: Tom Ross, Marilyn Ross
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books; 4 Revised edition
Pub. in: January, 2002
ISBN: 1582970912
Pages: 521
Measurements: 9 x 6 x 1.5 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA01179
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-1582970912
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Now in a fully revised, updated, expanded fourth edition, Tom and Marilyn Ross' The Complete Guide To Self-Publishing continues to be an indispensable, core, "how to" reference covering every aspect of publishing a book. As with previous editions, there are meticulous, comprehensive, step-by-step instructions on every aspect of publishing and marketing a book. The text is enhanced for aspiring self-publishers with informative appendices featuring marketing contacts, government helps, and vendors -- complete with names and addresses. New to this edition is a thoroughly updated and expanded section devoted to electronic publishing (ebooks) and electronic rights. Of special merit are numerous production tips to reduce design and printing costs for the novice publisher; proven sales letter formats, cover designs and catalog sheets; as well as marketing strategies for publicity, advertising ans sales. Anyone considering self-publishing as an option for their manuscript should begin with a careful reading of Tom and Marilyn Ross's The Complete Guide To Self-Publishing. It will save an immense amount of time, money, anxiety, and effort.
(From quoting Midwest Book Review)
Target readers:
Writers, publishers, people aspiring a writing career, language students, journalists, university lecturers, corporate communication professionals and whoever else interested in getting his own books published.
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Tom and Marilyn Ross - and their passion for self-publishing - have been featured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Success, Entrepreneur, U.S. News & World Report, and dozens of other national magazines and newspapers. After self-publishing six books, this husband and wife team began giving nationwide writing and publishing seminars to share what they had learned about the process. Numerous requests for individual guidance led to the creation of their consulting service, About Books, Inc. Since 1978, they have helped thousands of authors, entrepreneurs, professionals, corporations, and associations successfully self-publish. Their companion book to the award-winning Complete Guide to Self-Publishing is Jump Start Your Book Sales, which continues to rack up rave reviews. Marilyn’s Shameless Marketing for Brazen Hussies is raising eyebrows – and ringing cash registers - from coast to coast.
These busy professionals have been on the faculty of Folio’s New York Face-to-Face conference, lectured at colleges and universities, and been invited to key-note and give seminars for regional writing, publishing, and speaking associations all across the United States and Canada.
Tom Ross has masterminded promotional campaigns that creative extensive print, radio, and TV coverage, and opened doors for national book distribution. Tom specializes in helping clients project analysis, editing, production, computerization, and developing nationwide book marketing campaigns.
Marilyn Ross is the award-winning author of twelve nonfiction books, hundreds of articles, and a monthly newsletter. She currently heads Communication Creativity - the Rosses’ publishing imprint that produces their other books.
This pair also serve as senior associates of the prestigious Center for the New West, “a think tank that casts its visionary net over the vast economic and cultural landscape …” according to The Christian Science Monitor. They are both listed in the twenty-fourth edition of Who’s Who in the West. Between them, this dynamic pair is also included in Who’s Who of American Women, The World Who’s Who of Women, International Businessmen’s Who’s Who, and Men and Women of Distinction.
Their writing careers are detailed in The Working Press of the Nation; Who’s Who in U.S. Writers, Editors & Poets; The International Authors and Writers Who’s Who; and Contemporary Authors. Both also belong to the Author’s Guild, the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), and the National Speakers Association.
In 1996, they launched SPAN, a nonprofit trade association for authors, self-publishers, and independent presses. The Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN) has become the second largest such organization in the world.
About Books, Inc. (ABI), the publishing and book marketing firm founded in 1979 by Marilyn and Tom, provides service to individuals and organizations that seek to successfully publish and promote their books. The Rosses handle all aspects of book editing, design, production, and marketing. Since ABI works strictly as a consultant, authors retain all rights to their work, own all copies of their books, and reap 100 percent of the profits. Marilyn and Tom have a proven track record of producing attractive books and result-getting promotion and publicity.
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From Publisher
This new, updated edition of the industry standard shows writers how to get full control over their careers by self-publishing. Writers will see how the publishing industry works and learn how to make it work for them.
Packed with maximum profit/minimal risk ideas, The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing, 4th Edition provides readers with:
- Step-by-step guidance on every aspect of publishing and marketing a book. - Appendices that list marketing contacts, government help and vendors, including names and addresses. - Updated advice on e-publishing and electronic rights - everything the writer needs to know to tackle this dynamic new medium. - Production tips that can cut design and printing costs. - Proven sales letter formats, cover designs and catalog sheets. - Dynamic marketing strategies for publicity, advertising and sales - specifically, what works and what doesn't
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Evelyn Kaye, Founder/President Colorado Independent Publishers Association, USA
<2008-02-23 00:00>
Incredibly complete and easy to use. If you buy only one book on self-publishing, make it this one, You'll thank yourself all the way to the bank. |
John Kremer, author, 1,001 Ways to Market Your Books, USA
<2008-02-23 00:00>
The most readable guide to self-publishing… loaded with resources for e-publishing, on-demand publishing, ... What a great resource! |
Marilyn McGuire, Publisher NAPRA ReVIEW, USA
<2008-02-23 00:00>
The newly revised Complete Guide to Self-Publishing is the best book available on the subject. Period. It's thorough, user-friendly, and full of tips to save you money and help you sell more books. |
Carolyn Howard-Johnson (MSL quote), USA
<2008-02-23 00:00>
Writers alert! A book we all need is here. Anyone tempted to pooh, pooh that may be dissing a chance at success. The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing is a book for writers who are new to publishing and those who aren't. It is a book for writers who are already published by big houses or little. It is a book for writers who are scared and trying to decide how to publish and where. It is a book for writers who want to have their books read.
Written by Tom and Marilyn Ross, the gurus of SPAN (Small Publishers of North America), this book's 521 pages is chock-full of up-to-the-times information on the publishing scene, on selling books, and on publicizing books. It has all the how-to nitty-gritty necessary if you decide to do it yourself.
If you don't decide to self publish, you'll still be glad you have this one under your belt; these days everyone knows that even if you land a big publisher, you'd still better be prepared to do almost all the publicity for it yourself.
This tome includes recommended reading, point-of-purchase suppliers, printers, catalogs, review sources, bookstore chains, and on and on. It also includes the dope on e-publishing. As a reviewer, I should be finding some flaw in this book, so you can believe the praise. Sorry, I just can't. I can only visualize what this might do for any writer's career. |
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