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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 you the author complete control over the production and marketing of your work. It can take a lot of time and energy but the rewards can be very satisfying.
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. We also include an ISBN check-digit calculator, and we also supply...
Guide to Self-Publishing
Our
authors’ guide to self-publishing, An Introduction to Self-Publishing is
now available to download from the Fellowship of Authors and Artists' ebookshop for FREE!
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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