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The Prodigious World of Self Publishing

Self publishing is the new trend in today's era. What is it? How does one self publish his/her book? To answer all these questions lets have an insight in the prodigious world of the Self Publishing.

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The Prodigious World of Self Publishing

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  1. The Prodigious World of Self Publishing

  2. What is Self Publishing? • In a word, self publishing is an art of publishing independently. • The author holds the responsibility and charge of the each step involved in the publishing. • Self publishing is not constrained to the paperback but E-books, brochures, pamphlets, websites etc.

  3. Rules of Self Publishing • There are no hard and fast rules • Everything can be moulded as per the choice and requirement of the author. • Either the author can compile, edit, design cover and publish his/her book himself/herself or he/she can hire someone for the same.

  4. Benefits of Self Publishing • Copyright is reserved with the author • From cover to editing and formatting, everything depends upon the vision and thought of the author • Command your book in your own way

  5. Types of Self Publishing • Vanity Publishing • Print on Demand • E-book Publishing

  6. Vanity Publishing • It is in close relation with the traditional publishing • In this publishing companies pay the author a certain percent of the sale. • The motive of the publishing houses is to sign the deal with only those authors in whose script they see some potential

  7. Print on Demand • Instead of printing thousands of book at a time, print on demand allows printing as per the demand of the book or in small quantities. • This reduces the burden on author as he/she need not to pay for the huge amount for the printing of the book and shouldn’t be worried about the clearance of the stock as well

  8. E-book Publishing • Now is the era of E-book. Instead of carrying heavy loads people prefer to carry a tab or kindle etc. with a gamut of books in it. • Online E-book publisher is quite popular among the self publishers as it doesn’t need up-front or cost of per book • Some of the formats of the E-book is e-pub, PDF, mobi, etc.

  9. Drawbacks of Self Publishing • Promotion and marketing of the book • Providing a professional look to the book • Editing the book and formatting it in right size with proper spacing and paragraphing • Maintaining the quality of the book

  10. Who can Self Publish? • Any one who has the manuscript of a book in his/her hand can go for self publishing • There are various self publisher India out there that can facilitate and guide you through the procedures and requirements • Those who wants a break from the monopoly of the Publisher

  11. Where to Self Publish? • There are many online sites available which facilitate self publishing • www.onlinegatha.com is one of the trustable self publishing company that promises to give your book in hand within the span of 30 days • Even the writers of technical books can opt for self publishing with ogpublication

  12. Thank You www.onlinegatha.com

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