The Self-publishing Manual: How to Write, Print, and Sell Your Own Book

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Para Pub., 2000 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 421 pages
Universally acknowledged as the bible for self-publishers, this guide incorporates the latest information on the process in a new edition. Twelve chapters answer common questions and provide practical guidance on writing, design, copyrighting, printing, promotion, publicity, sales, and distribution, with one chapter devoted to technology. An appendix lists useful resources.

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Contents

About the Author
7
WRITING YOUR BOOK
31
STARTING YOUR OWN PUBLISHING COMPANY
59
Copyright

13 other sections not shown

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About the author (2000)

Dan Poynter was born on September 17, 1938. He received a bachelor's degree in social science from California State University, Chico. He worked in the aviation industry as a parachute-designer. When he went looking for a book on the then-emerging sport of hang gliding and couldn't find one, he decided to publish his own book on the subject. He was one the earliest advocates of quality self-publishing. He wrote more than 130 books during his lifetime including Hang Gliding and The Self-Publishing Manual. He founded Para Publishing in 1969. The company focused on technical books and manuals about sky-diving and parachute design. The company eventually expanded its list to include books on a variety of topics including self-publishing and writing. He was a founding member of the Publishers Marketing Association (now called the Independent Book Publishers Association). In 1992, he received the organization's Benjamin Franklin Person of the Year Award for Lifetime Achievement. He died after a long illness on November 3, 2015 at the age of 77.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Self-publishing Manual: How to Write, Print, and Sell Your Own Book
Self-Publishing Manual: How to Write, Print, & Sell Your Own Book
AuthorDan Poynter
Edition12, illustrated
PublisherPara Pub., 2000
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedDec 8, 2010
ISBN1568600631, 9781568600635
Length421 pages
Subjects › 

Language Arts & Disciplines / Publishers & Publishing Industry
Reference / Writing Skills
  
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