A Book of One's Own: Turning Your Family History, Travel Journals, Memoirs, Children' Story, Poetry, Novel, Recipes

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Overview

Many manuscripts submitted to publishers are not suitable for commercial publication. They may be too personal, the interest in them too localized, or they may simply be unlikely to appeal to a wide enough market for a publisher to consider handling them. But this doesn't mean that the author needs to accept that he or she will never see the book in print.

This book is meant to help that author take the next step: to create a real book to keep and treasure, and even to distribute to its audience - be it family or friends or those members of the general public who are particularly interested. It tells the writer how to identify that audience, and how best to present the manuscript for that group - and in what form; it discusses many of the basics of the book-design and production process; it gives alternative formats for those producing one copy or a thousand copies; and it provides tips for those who might also wish to present their books for sale to the public.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780771090639
  • Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
  • Publication date: 4/10/1999
  • Pages: 192

Meet the Author

Susan Yates has had over twenty years’ experience in the production of books of all kinds. In 1993, she founded Infact Publishing and was responsible for editorial development and production of all books and videos (such as In the Kitchen with Bonnie Stern and The Complete Gardener by Mark Cullen). In 1996, she joined Alpha Corporation as consulting Vice-President and Publisher, and in 1998 she founded Bloomington Books, providing book-publishing services on a consulting basis to individuals and companies. She now also works for Oliver Publications.

Greg Ioannou is President of the Colborne Communications Centre, which provides a complete range of writing, editorial, and publishing services to book, magazine, government, and corporate clients. A freelance editor since 1977, Greg has edited over 1,000 books and teaches a variety of publishing-related workshops. He is the author of Truly Scary Stories for Fearless Kids and co-author of Shivers.

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