For a lot of people, publishing a book may look like it costs lots of money. For example, on a short-run press, a book with 100 pages costs around $2.10 to print. To self-publish an eBook, it's less that that! You need a PDF creator or eBook software (see eBook Publishing). Of course, you can always publish your own booklets, the old-fashioned way, and sell them by mail order.
For the uninitiated, self-publishing is one of the easiest ways to make money in the world. Of course, it requires some talent, but they are easy to learn. Take a look:
1. Choose a subject to write about. Select something you enjoy or want to know more about yourself. As just an example, we'll use "Household Hints"
2. Now, to collect the information to put in my book about "household hints" I would go visit my mother, talk to my aunts and cousins, call friends on the phone, and in general, ask everybody I came into contact with to give me their favorite "household hint." After a few months I'd have a lot of stuff.
3. At this point I would start categorizing all this information. I'd put all the stuff about "kitchen tips" in a separate file from "home remedies". Each separate file would be a new chapter in my book.
4. Then I'd begin typing out my book on a computer. If I were to type the book myself, I would simply number each tip as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 with a heading for each tip.
5. Okay. Now the book is ready to print. You've read everything and there are no misspelled words or obvious grammar mistakes. You are ready to see the final result of your labors. How much will it cost? Let's assume that my "household hints" book is going to measure 5" wide by 8" tall (like a sheet of 8 1/2x11" paper folded in half.) There are 2 pages on each side or 4 pages front and back. These are the best size for mail order unless you write a 100-page novel.
My "Household Hints" book would be a total of 24 pages. That means it will take both sides of 6 sheets of 8 1/2x11" paper to print each one of my books. That includes the cover and everything.
Based on standard mail order prices, you could have 250 of these books printed for $109 or about 44c each. 1,000 would run even less, $200 or about 20c each. That's cheap! Even if I sell each one for just $3, I'll make over $500 profit.
Another method of saving money with printing of booklets is to have the mail order printer print them at the same price you would pay for 8 1/2x11", 2-sided printing (around $25 per 1,000) without having them collated, folded and stapled. This way, your cost would only be a total of $150 per 1,000 or 15c per booklet. (Save even more money, by publishing it in eBook format and selling electronically via the Internet.)
Now, the only thing left to do to make my book a success is to sell them and make some money back. One idea would be to call all the people who gave me the information for the book. I'd put a price tag of $5 on the cover and offer it to my friends and co-workers at a discount of $3 or $2. Everyone whose name or contribution is in a published book will want a copy for a keepsake, at least.
It's not that hard to create your own money-maker. There's no hidden secret to it. You don't have to pay $29.95 for the same information. We're GIVING it to you free of charge.
Every single human being has a book inside of them! Everybody knows something that other people don't and everybody has interests that other people dot have the time to learn about. There is a subject that interests you that would interest others. Guaranteed!
So, get busy. Pick a subject, gather the information and type it up! You'll be a hero before you know it. Neighbors will begin to label you as a notorious writer. You'll be able to hold your head high, and you'll be able to start putting ",Writer" at the end of your name on your business letters. Won't that be something?
My suggestion is to start by publishing electronic versions of your book unless you are in the mail order business, the cost is less to complete them, and there are many places to sell your eBooks online.
If you'd like to start creating your own eBooks quickly and easily witjout spending a lot of time and money, check out the The 5-Minute PDF Creator. Start Your Own Electronic Publishing Business
In Just 5 Minutes! See our eBook article for more information on eBook Publishing.
