Publish Your Book in India E-Book

Siva Prasad Bose

• Herausgeber: Pencil
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Seitenzahl: 59

Beschreibung

About the book:
Nowadays there are multiple options for authors in India to write and publish their book. The main options include self publishing, traditional publishing and hybrid publishing. Each of these options have their own pros and cons, and are suitable for different types of authors.  In this book, we discuss the steps for an author to self-publish their manuscript. We go through the various tools and platforms currently available and how to use them. We discuss different formats for books including paperbacks, audiobooks and eBooks. We also cover some aspects of publishing specific to authors from India, for whom some services such as regional language kindle paperbacks are not available currently.
About the author:
Siva Prasad Bose has authored more than twenty introductory guidebooks related to aspects of Indian laws in Hindi and English. He is currently retired after many years of service in Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited. He received his engineering degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, has a law degree from Meerut University, Meerut and Bachelor of Science degree from MMH College in Ghaziabad. His interests lie in the fields of family law, civil law, law of contracts, and areas of law related to electricity generation and revenue related issues.

Leseprobe

PublishYourBookinIndia

BY

SivaPrasadBose

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Authorbiography

SivaPrasadBosehasauthoredmorethantwentyintroductoryguidebooksrelatedtoaspectsofIndianlawsinHindiandEnglish.HeiscurrentlyretiredaftermanyyearsofserviceinUttarPradeshPowerCorporationLimited.HereceivedhisengineeringdegreefromJadavpurUniversity,Kolkata,hasalawdegreefromMeerutUniversity,MeerutandBachelorofSciencedegreefromMMHCollegeinGhaziabad.Hisinterestslieinthefieldsoffamilylaw,civillaw,lawofcontracts,andareasoflawrelatedtoelectricitygenerationandrevenuerelatedissues. 

JoyBoseisaresearcherandadatascientist.

Contents

OptionstoPublishaBook

HowtoPlanandCompleteWritingofaBook

BookDesignandFormatting

PublishingE-Books

PublishingPaperbackandHardbackVersionsoftheBook

PublishingAudioBooksinEnglishandIndianLanguages

WritingandPublishinginVariousIndianLanguages

Marketing,PromotionandDistributionofPublishedBooks

Conclusion

Preface

Noways,therearemultipleoptionsforauthorsinIndiatowriteandpublishtheirbook.Themainoptionsincludeselfpublishing,traditionalpublishingandhybridpublishing.Eachoftheseoptionshavetheirownprosandcons,andaresuitablefordifferenttypesofauthors. 

Inthisbook,wediscussthestepsforanauthortoself-publishtheirmanuscript.Wegothroughthevarioustoolsandplatformscurrentlyavailableandhowtousethem.Wediscussdifferentformatsforbooksincludingpaperbacks,audiobooksandeBooks.WealsocoversomeaspectsofpublishingspecifictoauthorsfromIndia,forwhomsomeservicessuchasregionallanguagekindlepaperbacksarenotavailablecurrently.

Self-publishingbytheauthorsoftheirownbooksisgettingcommonnowadaysduetothelowercostsandflexibilityforauthorsandawideavailability ofweb-basedtools.IncountrieslikeIndia,authorsareincreasinglyusingself-publishing inEnglishaswellasregionallanguages.Moreover,theplatformstodistribute andthebooksthatareself-publishedarealsobecomingmoreeasilyaccessibleandaffordable.

ItishopedthatthisguidetopublishingbooksinIndiawillbeausefulresourceforauthors,includingnewIndianauthorsandthosepublishinginIndianlanguages,toknowwheretobeginandwhattodointheirbookpublishingjourney.

Acknowledgements

Theauthorswouldliketothankallthewonderfulwebbasedplatformsavailabletodaythatmakeiteasierforselfpublishedauthorstoprepareanddesigntheirmanuscript,including AmazonKDP,IngramSpark,Draft2Digital,Smashwords,thePencilApp,NotionPress,Pothiandothers.

Also,wewouldliketoacknowledgeandthanksitessuchasCanva thathelpindesigninggreatbookcovers,siteslikereedsy,comthathelptoformatthebookbeautifully,freeonlinesitesformakingdiagramssuchasdraw.io,animationsoftwaresuchasdoodlyandbookreaderssitessuchasgoodreads.Allthesetoolsmakeitmucheasierforfirsttimeauthorstocreatebetterbooksforreaders. 

OptionstoPublishaBook

Nowadays,authorshavedifferentoptionstopublishtheirbooks,includingselfpublishing,traditionalpublishersandhybridpubishing.Inthischapter,wesurveytheprosandconsofdifferentpublishingoptionsforauthorsinIndia. 

Self-publishingisawayfornewauthorstopublishtheirbookswithminimalcostsandreasonableinvestmentsintimeandeffortandgetthemouttothereadersassoonastheywish.Insteadofapproachingatraditionalpublisherwiththeirmanuscript,self-publishingmeansthattheauthorsthemselvesbeartheburdenofformattingandeditingtheirbooks,designingthecoverandsoon.Insomecases,self-publishingalsoincludesthemarketingandpublicityforthepublishedbooks.

1.1TraditionalBookPublishingProcess

Intraditionalpublishing,theauthorhastosendextractsoftheirmanuscripts,suchasahundredpagesorafewchapters,tovariousestablishedpublishersforconsideration.Theestablishingpublishinghousesthendecide,basedontheprojectedsalesandothercriteria,whethertoacceptorrejectthebookforpublication.

Anotherwaytotraditionalpublishingisthefollowing:Afewauthors,ormembersofthepublic,areinvitedbythepublisherstosubmittheirmanuscriptsonspecifictopics.Thepublishersthenexaminethesubmittedmanuscriptsbytheauthorsanddecidewhethertoacceptorrejectthebookforpublication.

Ifthemanuscriptisacceptedforpublishing,theauthorssignacontractwiththepublisherstocompletetheirbookwithinamutuallyagreedtimeline.Aspartofthecontract,theyusuallygetafeefromthepublishersforcompletingthebook,aswellasashareoftheroyaltiesfromthesalesofthebook.

Thepublishers,whoareusuallywell-knownbookcompaniesthatpublishthousandsofbookseveryyear,thentaketheresponsibilityofdesigningthelayoutandcover,printing,marketingandsellingthebookthroughvariouschannels.Theymayalsoassisttheauthorwithproofreading,illustrationsandguidanceforwritingamorereadablebookthattheintendedaudiencewouldliketoread.Theyusuallyhavededicatedprofessionalteamsforeachofthesetasks.

Sometimes,professionalpublishingagentsorliteraryagenciesactasthemiddlemenbetweentheauthorsandthetraditionalpublishers.Theydotheworkofproofreadingthebookandmarketingittothepublishers,andreceiveafeewhichmightbeapercentageoftheroyaltiesfrombooksales. SomefamousliteraryagentsinIndiaincludeWriter'sSide,RedInkLiteraryAgency,Siyahi,JacarandaandLotusLane.

1.2ProsandConsofTraditionalPublishing

Theadvantagesoftraditionalpublishingincludethefollowing:

Theauthormaygetprofessionalhelpandguidanceinwritingthebookandstepssuchasproofreadingandediting.Theauthordoesnothavetoworryabouttheformattinganddesignfortheirbook.Thestepsformarketingandsellingthebookareallhandledbythepublisher,sotheauthordoesnotneedtoworryaboutthesestepseither.Thebookssoldviatraditionalpublishersaremorelikelytoreachawideraudience,sincetheymightalreadyhaverelationshipswithvariousbookstoresanddistributionchannelssuchasbookfairs.Theymightalsohavewelldefinedproceduresforbookpromotionandadvertisingforthebooks.Theyalsomightincludethebooksintheircatalogues,wherepotentialbuyerscanfindoutaboutthebooks.Theretailcostofthebookssoldbytraditionalpublishersmightbe