Small Book Publishing

Proprietary product protected by Copyright

Established channels of sales and distribution are available: (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.)

Benefits from free publicity more than other products

Friendly publishing community willing to help new self-publishers

Despite such advantages to self-publishing a small book, there are a number of disadvantages. These include:

Competitive marketplace (50,000+ books published annually; difficult to get titles onto bookstore shelves)

Profit per book is typically low: $3-$4

Distribution costs are high with wholesalers demanding a 55% discount from the retail price

There are a number of steps in publishing a small book with related costs that must be considered in any business plan for self-publishing a book. Such steps include start-up processes like choosing a publishing imprint and establishing a work environment to facilitate productivity. Preproduction steps include such things are properly registering publications with agencies like R. R. Bowker and the Library of Congress Copyright Office (Smith 2001). Writing and production costs are associated with writing and editing the book, developing artwork, producing the book and printing. From interior book design and layout to printing and binding, a variety of technologies exist that hel

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