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What makes self-publishing an attractive option?

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What makes self-publishing an attractive option?

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Self publishing is a good option for hobbyist authors as well as for well-known authors. Various options are available in the self publishing which includes :

– Author can pay for the printing and binding the book and publisher also pay some amount to edit, distribute and market the content

– Author can pay the whole cost of printing-publishing process and own all the rights of book to get the publicity

– Established authors who have their fan-following can pay to produce, market, distribute and warehouse the book

So writer can choose the best suitable option for him to get the book published.

Book Publishing: Current Trends

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The old saying the first copy of your book costs a whole lot, but theyre pretty inexpensive after that holds as true today as it did a hundred years ago. The setup charges are the same no matter what the quantity. The higher the setup cost, the larger the print run needed to amortize these costs into an acceptable unit cost. Whether you are printing a black-and-white novel or a full-color coffee table book todays technology has reduced these setup costs. Only a few years ago, typesetting made up a major portion of a book projects setup costs. Then, a standard 6 x 9 page cost between $6 and $10 to typeset and proofread. A project requiring two or three rounds of galley proofs and a set or two of page proofs could easily run that cost up to $15 or $20 per page. That meant that a 256-page book would cost $4,000 to $5,000 before you even got to the printer, who would then have to shoot and strip negatives at a cost of perhaps $7,500. Today, the $600 computer with basic word processing soft

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