Two places that you can go online to self publish your book are Lulu.com and Booklocker.com. Both of these are well known with self publishers and print to order. You can get other services from these companies as well, including formatting your book.
Lulu gives you tools to format your book yourself. You need to submit a PDF to Lulu in order for them to be able to print your book. If you have a PDF converter or Adobe, you can format your own book this way through this company. They give you a choice of hardcover or soft cover as well as different sizes of the book that are available. If you choose a plain cover with just lettering, you can get the book printed for less than $200. The books are listed on the Lulu website and you can also get them listed on Amazon. This is a good option for those who have little money, computer skills and are able to format the book on their own. You can also pay for them to format the book for you.
Booklocker does not offer you the choice to format, although for those who do not know how to format a book and are afraid of formatting it in the wrong way and then paying for a book that is virtually unreadable, this is the best option. It is also less money than other self publishing sites. This also lets you get your book listed on Amazon as well as the Booklocker site.
Both of these sites print to order, which means that you do not have to order a bunch of books. They will print a book when a customer orders it and ship it out for you. You get paid a percentage of the books that you sell, which is a higher percentage than what you would get with a mainstream publisher and much more than you can get with small press publishing. If you take the time to market your book, which you can do, you can end up making a lot more money and getting your book out to readers.
Take a look online and find a website that will offer you print to order books. You will get a percentage of the books that you buy for yourself as well. You can purchase the books yourself and get them in bookstores as well as book fairs and exhibits for self published writers. Bookstores will take a book as long as there is an ISBN on it. The book publisher will also include a barcode on the book.
There are now many more options open than ever before for those who want to self publish their books. Because of internet technology and computer technology, it is easy for any writer to get their book published through self publishing. An increasing number of writers are seeking out self publishing to make money and get their books out to the public who are eager to read them.
