Indie Publishing: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book

I liked that this book gives details about font settings and gives leads to other software and publishing techniques that a "rookie" like me would have not considered.Consider how much you know about independent publishing before the purchase, you may be wasting money (by finding out things you already know).This book impacted me by giving me even more hope that, not only can I get published, but also that it could be better quality.The only thing I have to compare this book to is the fact that "you can publish through any POD service". I found some of the POD services to be a scam through word of mouth.

There is some very good inspiration in this little book. There is also some very nice instruction on book construction. I do wish they had spent some time talking about or mentioning some of very good open source graphics apps instead of all the really expensive apps. That would have balanced the book better. But then I guess you can't expect much else from people who are trained in graphic design and tend to be a bit biased. All in all though I would recommend this book as an inspiration tool.

If you hold a very casual interest in self-publishing, you might enjoy the book. However, if you have a serious interest and/or need information about self-publishing for yourself, save your money and move on.I'm not sure why this book was recommended, it is superfluous at best. I am actually fairly disappointed in it thus far. It's not the writing, that's fine, it's the lack of writing. The author has crammed as many pictures in it as possible and opted for very thick pages to make the book seem more in-depth and gratuitous than it is in actuality. It's like one could have spent a week googling all the information and written this thing, I don't get a feeling this person knows more than what they are explaining in the pages, and even those explanations are more a summary of real information which is not included.

First place am a newbie at publishing so I needed a starting point . I heard about this book before from some other people and so I decided to get it for myself . So far I am very pleased easy to understand and a clear format .

This is an excellent resource for those thinking about doing an independent publishing project. As an introduction to the subject, it covers all aspects of the process. It backs up it's carefully written text with the fact the book itself is so well designed.

I thought the book would be more of a help on what I need to do to publish through Amazon. Instead it's more fixated on how to design and make your own book.

Takes you through a number of design and production processes on the way to publishing your own content. One of the sample projects is called Sexy Librarian: funny as well as informative!

I always wanted to design and publish a book of my own. With the instructions and tips enclosed in this book, I am able to create something that will fulfill my goal.

A basic outline of the methods, processes and theory that go into creating a book. Nothing really exciting but I would recommend to anyone who likes their art & craft. Would only recommend as quick read if you're designing for professional purposes.

Amazing tool for hand binding and to use as a step by step guide to teach from, explains indie publishing but also worth while finding out about fanzines and zines too from other sources to inform this book!

Excellent, as described and arrived in good time.

This is a good start to thinking about publishing your own book with some useful tips and guides of how to get started in what can be quite a confusing journey

Very nice book