Help your library leverage opportunities in the popular do-it-yourself publishing movement by following this guide's process for creating and producing books.

Help your library leverage opportunities in the popular do-it-yourself publishing movement by following this guide's process for creating and producing books. In this useful guidebook, you'll learn how to transform your library into a self-publishing center with pointers, advice, and strategies for creating, producing, and printing books—both digitally and on paper. The book outlines your partnering role with patrons in the creation of published materials, offering step-by-step guidance for assisting library users who wish to put their written words in print. By using the detailed plan in this reference, you'll be able to help patrons identify an audience for their material, select the best publishing software for their needs, and utilize social media to promote and distribute their work. Chapters follow the publishing process from planning to creative development, production, and marketing. The final chapter features books, websites, and Internet sources for designing brochures; creating a website; and designing, printing, and distributing a book. Helpful guidelines accompany excerpts from interviews with librarians experienced with this publishing model, examples of self-published books, and graphic models.

"Librarians and writers alike will find this book full of resources and information, making it the go-to text for self-publishers today. The chapters are approachable, with both introductions and summaries, making it easy for readers to revisit the book's pages to reread an explanation or definition to help them better navigate the long journey that is writing and publishing a book." - VOYA

"This important volume is not just a list of online resources (though it is that), and it is not just a handy history of traditional versus non-traditional publishing (though it is that too), and it is not just a compendium of publishing strategies (though it is also that)—this book is really, at its core, the invaluable answer to the inevitable question from librarians and patrons alike: 'do libraries and self-published books belong together?' The answer, according to the book's well-qualified and widely experienced authors, is an enthusiastic 'yes, please.'" - Technical Services Quarterly