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Self-Publishing Textbooks and Instructional Materials
by Franklin H. Silverman   $34.95
First edition, copyright 2004     ISBN 0-9728164-3-7     

A Practical Guide to Successful-and Respectable-Academic Self-Publishing
With forewords by Dan Poynter, Ronald Pynn, and John Vivian
An advocate and essential guide to academic self-publishing, by a university professor and author of 14 books in his field an on publishing.

6X9 paperback, 208 pages

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  • Attitudes about self-publishing and academic respectability
  • Potential benefits and risks of self-publishing
  • Steps to follow in the self-publishing process
  • Practical considerations in choosing a project to self-publish
  • How to operate a small press business enterprise
  • Authoring advice and the key tasks of academic authorship
  • How to illustrate using drawings and photographs
  • Practical details on options for printing and binding
  • Intelligence on electronic academic and textbook publishing
  • A primer on cover and book design and page layout
  • How to prepare manuscript for self-publishing
  • How to create front matter and end matter
  • Intelligence on copyright law and permissions
  • A primer on book marketing for academic self-publishers
  • Self-publishing costs. pricing, and other financial realities
  • How to sell reprint and subsidiary rights
  • How to sell your self-published work to a publisher
  • Nonfiction trade book markets to explore
 

Self-Publishing Textbooks and Instructional Materials addresses these topics and more.

 
 
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