The Real Costs of Self-Publishing a Book

This is an interesting article by Miral Sattar (BiblioCrunch), who suggests that self-publishing isn't as cheap and easy as many people seem to think it is.  It can be, but quality often dictates that several people get involved in the process, from copy editors to marketing folks.

The Real Costs of Self-Publishing a Book

Of course, at DEC Publishing, we think that the digitization of the book is the easiest part of the process and likewise, should be the least expensive component. Good content requires an investment in both time and money.  Making it available to everyone doesn't. 

Miral Sattar

Miral Sattar

Miral Sattar

Miral Sattar

Miral Sattar

Miral Sattar

PDF is still better -- unless you know the options

 Interesting article out of O'Reilly, Tools of Change.  There are great points with regards to how a PDF page is still preferable over formatted pages, because of the difficulty (and necessity) in keeping a complex page layout.

I agree with the points made, but what if there is another option, which takes the best of PDFs, but strips away the problems (no DRM, compatibility problems, accessing one page requires opening an entire [potentially large!] document, etc...)?  

PDF is still better -- unless you know the options

I think there are other options that the write may not know about.  BookOnPublish, of course, is one such option worth exploring.