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cityscape books: self-publishing

Self-publishing should not be confused with vanity or so-called ‘subsidy’ publishing. Vanity publishers charge (and often promise) the earth and deliver very little; true self-publishing on the other hand is invariably cheaper and gives the author complete control over the production and marketing of his or her work.

Many successful, well-known and respected authors have at one time or another self-published, including:

  • Rudyard Kipling
  • William Blake
  • Lord Byron
  • Alexander Pope
  • D H Lawrence
  • Mark Twain
  • James Joyce
  • Edgar Allen Poe
  • Beatrix Potter
  • Louise Hay
  • T S Eliot
  • James Redfield
  • Horace Walpole
  • Virginia Woolf

Although CityScape Books no longer provides a service for authors to help them self-publish their own work our tips for author-publishers gives some pointers for those wishing to embark on this journey including an ISBN check-digit calculator, and we also supply...

Guide to Self-Publishing

An Introduction to Self-PublishingOur authors’ guide to self-publishing, An Introduction to Self-Publishing is now available to download from our ebookshop for just $5. Now also available in print, price £3.50, direct from the publisher.

As well as describing and offering guidance in the publishing process itself, it also provides useful tips on marketing and gives a number of essential addresses and contact details for UK author-publishers.

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