Category Archives: self-publishing

Hello from Around the World

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One of the great things about publishing a book is hearing from people around the world who enjoyed it and who care enough to let you know.  This past week I’ve had emails from places around the globe I have never visited (but hope to).  It can make you feel both very small and big at the same time.

Book Cover Pro

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If you’ve been reading my entries for a while, you’ve seen covers of The Steel Dragon and His Robot Girlfriend. I still hope to find a publisher for The Steel Dragon, but His Robot Girlfriend will be self-published (and freely distributed electronically). The covers shown were made with Book Cover Pro software. For anyone wanting to self-publish more than one book and has even a modicum of layout talent, this is a great investment. Since even the simplest custom covers will cost close to $100, this investment of about $180.00 will pay for itself.

Lulu

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Those of you wanting to self-publish a book with no up front expenses at all, or who want to see what self-publishing is all about must check out Lulu.com. The difference between Lulu and other self-publishing operations is that their services can be purchased seperately in addition to bundled, so if you just want to try uploading a book and ordering a copy or two, you can. It is a great place to publish family recipe books, genealogy photo books, and eductional documents as well. They also do audio CDs and much more.