WRITING & SELF PUBLISHING….SO EASY!!

It really is..the world over.  I liked books and I liked scribbling but I did not go

to University. Once I knew I had some talent (but I was rejected from so many

publishers) I began taking writing courses until I had the confidence to go it

alone. These courses helped. They also offered me outlets to see my work in

print. This was long before I had the idea of ‘Writing for Profit’.

I started writing Social History, that was my category. Once I gathered

enough material based on local and general history I directed my theme

surrounding one major city I had lived in. I started off with a booklet since

this could be stapled without paying a lot for binding. A decent illustrated

cover and a reasonable price soon had the local media interested in

reviewing the title. The local radio. The local bookshop led to bigger stores

stocking copies and son on. I also listed my slim volume with an ISBN to

get wider appeal especially from specialised libraries, Colleges and Universities,

schools etc. So a limited edition of say 500 copies did not cost me much. I  sold

them all then printed more. I then went on to write about another town/city

adding some photographs obtained from the local studies department at the

main library.  It was that easy!