Self Publishing

WHAT DO I DO WHEN I HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK AND WANT

TO PUBLISH IT?

A QUESTION I HAVE HEARD SO OFTEN – AND THIS IS WHAT

CAN BE DONE.

I am beginning to believe that most of my generation have a story to tell. So many people who are asked what they will do once they retire, are very quick to say they want to write a book. And they do, expecting that it will sell to friends, family and maybe at Exclusive Books - and they will get rich. I wrote my memoir eleven years ago – not expecting the world to be interested, but I needed it to be in print. I never expected the publishing houses to assist and eventually understood that I had to “Self Publish.” I have over the years assisted many to do just that. How it works is that they send me the draft of the book once completed or as they are writing it. My role is to read and edit – and make suggestions, as we go along. These are in regard to the grammar, use of language and just comments and suggestions in general. Then to put the document into the format required for printing, if it is what the author is prepared to accept as their option. Sadly, after all that, there are many books on computers that will go nowhere, as the author set his or her own standards. Being the belief that “My book is too good to be self published.” Visit my page to see some samples of what has been achieved. If the book is to be self-published by me on behalf of the author, I have a very good printer who has produced the books for the author to give away to family or to sell. One advantage here is that the quotes can be for example 20 – 50 – 100 books. Should 20 be printed and more are required the document is still available and at the press of a button, more can be printed at any time.