Everything You Need To Know About Self-Publishing, from Famous Authors to Book Binding Services

Everything You Need To Know About Self-Publishing

, from Famous Authors to Book Binding Services

Getting a book published can be a stressful, painstaking experience. It's not easy being essentially told over and over again that your work just isn't good enough -- it's practically as bad as hearing that you're not good enough.If you're an up-and-coming author facing nothing but rejection, take heart and keep in mind that you can always publish your own work.You might think it's too expensive, but if you use the right company, book-binding services don't have to be that pricey. And maybe you feel like self-publishing is a cop-out, but really, you'd be surprised to find out how many incredibly successful authors published their own work first.For example, Beatrix Potter's The Adventures of Peter Rabbit, the beloved children's story about a mischievous little rabbit, written for her employer's young son, was rejected by several employers before Potter decided to have it printed on her own. A year later, after a small initial success, it was picked up by Frederick Warne and Co. and has since sold 45 million copies.Irma S. Rombauer privately published her book,The Joy of Cooking, one of the most successful cookbooks of all time. In 1931 she had 3000 copies printed by a company that had only produced labels, and five years later it was picked up by a commercial publisher the Bobbs-Merrill company. Since then it has sold 18 million copies.In 1998, then unknown Christopher Paolini set to writing Eragon, the first in his Inheritance Cycle series about a boy and his dragon. In 2002 his parents decided to self-publish the book for him, and by the next year Alfred A. Knopf had re-published it. The series as a whole has sold 20 million copies to date.All of these books, first published by their authors, were later picked up by commercial publishing companies, where they found most of their success. Don't get discouraged if your work isn't getting any bites -- even J.K. Rowling had a hard time finding a distributor, and her series has sold over 400 million copies.Should you decide to self-publish, here are a few tips to get you started:Determine (realistically) how many copies you should print. You might want to start off small for your first run, and consider distributing some of the copies to libraries. (The initial printing of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone yielded 500 copies, 300 of which were sent to libraries.)Look into the genre in which you're writing to make sure you're not essentially re-publishing an already published book.Research a number of companies that offer book binding services so you can make sure you're getting a fair deal. You might get charged extra for any additional editing, layout and cover design, formatting, etc., so you should try to get as much of that taken care of as possible beforehand. Consider hiring a book designer.Keep track of every cent you put into the book. If your book does get picked up, the publishing house will most likely absorb the costs of book binding services and marketing.Keep these tips in mind as you start out on your self-publishing journey and you'll be sure to find success.

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