The internet has brought another revolution in the field of printing. The author within you can now unleash the power of pen and let the world know the prowess of your writing . For that to achieve, you do not have to approach the publisher after publisher with the kind of scenario that the publisher do you a favour by publsihing your book. Just upload your manuscriptt, photos or music files, use our formatting tools to get everything set up just the way you want, from size to binding to cover art, and...well, that’s it. You’re the proud parent of a brand new digital creation, ready to publish and cherish. We’ve got a great new tool that makes it easier than ever to organise and format your photo book – drag and drop your pictures, use one of our professionally designed themes, even add in licensed images from our special collections. We also have great new printing options that will help make sure your images jump off the page – higher quality paper, more vibrant colours and printing that meets the highest quality standards. Then your book is, if you choose, automatically listed for sale on the Lulu Marketplace - a booming ecommerce destination that attracts more than 900,000 unique visitors every week. Even better, Lulu's #1 ranking among self-publishing websites ensures that your work will show up at the top of the search results in places like Google and Yahoo. We even make it possible for you to get your own ISBN, so you can make your masterpiece available in retail stores, libraries and schools around the world - online and off. BookSurge maintains in-house book manufacturing capabilities for retail, wholesale and author book orders. BookSurge customers' trade paperback books are offered with in-stock availability on Amazon.com. CreateSpace.com CreateSpace is a DBA of On-Demand Publishing LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc. It was originally founded as CustomFlix Labs, Inc. in 2002, and acquired by Amazon.com, Inc. in 2005. CreateSpace provides inventory-free, physical distribution of books, CD and DVDs on Demand, as well as video downloads through Amazon Video On Demand™.You can make books, music and video available to millions of customers by selling on Amazon.com and on your own website with a customized eStore. According to createspace.com's website , following features are there
Now , you can singlehandedly , can crate manuscriptt and publsih in the format you want and can even sell through the numerous online book shops. There are interenet entities which provide you this service , commonly known as "self publishing" . Three such effort are brought to your attention
Lulu.com has revolutionised the self publishing concept and in it sown owrd describes book publishing through its platform as under
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BookSurge, a member of the Amazon group of companies, is offering self-publishing services for authors . It allows authors and publishers to make titles of all types available for sale through leading retail and wholesale channels, without the risk of producing a large print run or maintaining inventory.BookSurge provides authors access to the world's largest online sales channels and coordinates tools for visibility such as Amazon.com.
So take your pick and let the pen put your thoughts to reach millions of reders fathom your mind!
How to Publish Your Book Yourself Without Spending money?
N.Naveena Maheswara Rao (Assistant manager for accounts) (1096 Points)
04 August 2009