Publish Your Own Book
Author Belma Johnson will teach aspiring writers how to establish professional publishing companies to create and distribute their own works or the works of others. For information about a course near you, click here.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
"DreamBooks: Turn Your Book Idea into a Business"
Designed for the author, illustrator or businessperson with a book idea and entrepreneurial spirit. Learn the great literary tradition of independent publishing made famous by Mark Twain or modern day author John Grisham, who sold his first work out of the trunk of his car. Establish your own publishing company and professionally edit, design, publish and market your book. Learn how to grow your business into a global enterprise - like the guys who publish the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series. Digital press technology, the 21st Century revolution in publishing, has printing options starting at less than $200.
You will learn:
- How to register your book with the Copyright Office and ISBN Agency
- How to brand your company and promote your book
- How to identify your customers and develop your marketing base
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INSTRUCTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Over the past decade, instructor Belma Johnson has published books for Collins, DreamBooks and St. Martin's Press. He is the author of "What Do You Dream" (DreamBooks, 2001), owner of a publishing company, a professional publishing consultant, a published journalist, a member of the American Book Producers Association and the Writers Guild of America, author of hundreds of hours of television and creator of the inspirational website: www.thedreamguy.com.
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COURSE MATERIALS
Course materials include paperwork and web URLs necessary for all filings and registrations listed above, as well as hundreds of recommended websites, books, services, tricks, short-cuts, tips and strategies to prepare the student to create and run a successful publishing operation or to publish the book he or she has always dreamed of writing. The materials also provide a primer on the amazing new technology that makes publishing fast, easy and inexpensive for anyone with the imagination and courage to sit down and write a book.
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COURSE OUTLINE
(Some Colleges Offer Two-Part Classes from 9 a.m. to 12 noon; then 1-4 p.m.)**
TYPICAL MORNING SESSION: 10 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M.
I. PUBLISHING OVERVIEW
Traditional Publishing: Pros & PitfallsSelf-Publishing: Pros & Pitfalls21st-Century Technology: Print-on-Demand Publishing·Iuniverse.com
Iuniverse.com·Xlibris.com
Xlibris.com·Other POD Services
Other POD Services·How to publish your book in 120 days or less for $199
How to publish your book in 120 days or less for $199II. STARTING YOUR OWN PUBLISHING COMPANY
Business locationNaming your companyForming your business entityLicenses and permitsCompany image and nicheWebsite (Domain Name, Site Hosting & Building Tools)Writer ResourcesIllustratorsBook EditorsRoyalty-Free PhotographyLUNCH BREAK (12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.)
AFTERNOON SESSION: 1 P.M. TO 3 P.M.
III. BOOK PRODUCTION
Bar codesAdvance book information formISBN applicationSan assignmentCopyright applicationIV. OPERATING YOUR BUSINESS
Parapub.comCommunitcationCreativity.comBookMarket.comMidwestBookReview.comSpecialty book websites
Sharyn.org (children's books)Poetry super highwayNext MagazineSpeakernetnews.comWritersweekly.comPublishersweekly.comPlanning
Creating a business planCreating a marketing planContracts & publishing lawAmazon.com AdvantageBarnes&Noble.comV.Individual Q&A.
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