Many people want to write a family history, but few ever take on the job of
publishing one. If you've done the research, and you want to make a book from
it, then 'Publish Your Family History' is for you. It will tell you all the
fundamentals of book production, together with the important details that
distinguish a home-published book from a homemade one. You'll learn:
- how to get your manuscript ready for production
- design ideas for the pages and the cover
- methods of making pages with or without a computer and printing those
pages quickly and inexpensively
- ideas on bindings that last and look great
Even if you time is at a premium, you're not comfortable with computer
technology, or the budget is tight, you'll learn how to publish a
professional-looking family history of your own!
Contents:
1. Sharing Your Research
2. Publishing Basics
3. Analysis Not Paralysis
4. Preparing the Manuscript
5. To Design a Book
6. Writing and Designing a Cover That Works
7. Getting Ready to Print
8. Made by Hand
9. The Technological Printing Solution
10. Offset Printing: Going to Press
11. Distribution
Appendix
Index
