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Have you ever wanted to publish a magazine, guide book, or weekly newspaper and make substantial profits while working from your home? Tom Williams has done just that in his own profitable publishing career, and he can tell you how to run a highly successful home-based publishing company in this practical how-to guide.
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Thomas A Williams PhD, has written for magazines ranging from Esquire to Writer's Digest. He is the author of fourteen books. Williams has started, edited, and published city and regional magazines and is Editor-in-Chief of Venture Press book publishers, a home-based book publishing company. With experience from both ends, he tells us what is necessary both from the author's perspective as well as from the publisher's perspective.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book ever, grass roots publishing, not just for mags or news.,
By Annie "Annie" (Lincolnshire England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Publish Your Own Magazine, Guidebook, or Weekly Newspaper: How to Start, Manage and Profit from Your Own Home-Based Publishing Company (Culture Tools) (Paperback)
This is a very informative book, the most helpful book about publishing I've read (and I've read dozens).
I'm going to publish some things, have very little and limited money, know nothing at all about publishing, and have no mentor, so I ordered a huge pile of different books on the publishing industry. This one, being more magaziney in title was among the last I got, just in case it had some info that might be useful for me, all the rest are about book publishing (because I'm publishing a series of books). I'd almost run through my research stacks but a whole lot of my basic questions were left unanswered. Practicality in paper sizes, how I can ensure the final size of the publication is at it's most cost effective? Binding preferences, cost effectiveness of varying kinds, final impressions, where to see examples of, how to present etc. All the other books tend to deal with Big Publishers who have things like money, departments, wages, and the wherewithal to farm out jobs. I've made the questions sound horribly dry, but the writer makes the book interesting, easy and enjoyable to read throughout. So many questions, little niggling questions. Starting out I don't want to be asking professionals really dumb questions. Let's face it, someone might think 'Aha, ripe hick from the sticks,' take advantage of my ignorance, and there goes the budget and business. I'd just begun to despair and contact people, trying to find answers my questions, when I picked up this book. It's the best in the bunch by a long way. A wonderful grass roots publishing book. If I could pick only one of the loads of (very interesting) books I've read on publishing, this would definitely be it. It is certainly the most useful I've come across. Anyone publishing for the first time should be sure to read it.
62 of 69 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Should I really do this.....?,
By A Customer
This review is from: Publish Your Own Magazine, Guidebook, or Weekly Newspaper: How to Start, Manage and Profit from Your Own Home-Based Publishing Company (Culture Tools) (Paperback)
The only reason that I would be reluctant to review this book is because I don't really fancy allot of competition!This book is one flow of publishing related business ideas after the other. I can't walk anywhere now without seeing opportunities locally that can generate good profits. We are just acting on one now, and with some good guidance from this book it should be profitable first time round without any significant investment! Hope not too many people buy this...... ;-)
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4.3 out of 5 stars (19 customer reviews) 118 of 119 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fine for inspiration looking for a niche, but...,
By Travis C. Ward "C. William Anderson" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Publish Your Own Magazine, Guidebook, or Weekly Newspaper: How to Start, Manage and Profit from Your Own Home-Based Publishing Company (Culture Tools) (Paperback)
It is apparent the author does have a wealth of publishing experience in various endeavors. Still, I would have preferred more detail in each of the publishing phases, rather than a quick once over of each.This is an excellent book if you are interested in publishing, but are not sure what you wish to publish. In other words, let this be a starting point. Then, if you decide to publish: A - books, get Avery Cardoza's Complete Guide To Successful Publishing, or B - community newspapers, get How To Produce A Small Newspaper C - magazines, get Launch Your Own Magazine, and How To Start A Magazine, and Starting & Running A Successful Newsletter or Magazine - YES, YOU WILL WANT ALL THREE OF THESE! 19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Overview; Would Benefit From Narrower Focus,
By C. Michael Massey "litterateur" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Publish Your Own Magazine, Guidebook, or Weekly Newspaper: How to Start, Manage and Profit from Your Own Home-Based Publishing Company (Culture Tools) (Paperback)
Although Williams certainly offers a great number of helpful tips and forms for those interested in pursuing publishing ventures, I agree with other reviewers that this book would have benefited from a narrower focus rather than trying to tackle the three major varieties of publications (not to mention their sub-varieties) in a single book. Though they certainly share similarities, there are enough differences to keep someone interested solely in newspaper publishing (or whichever focus is yours) rather bored for much of the text.This is especially problematic in the chapters seemingly directed toward "all" of the publication varieties. The chapter on printing, for example, is actually heavily geared toward book printing with only a short section on printing newspapers, which seems to have been tacked on almost as an afterthought. Specific technical information, too, is in slightly short supply. Even after reading through the entire book, I'm still a little uncertain about the nature and purpose of things like halftones and color separations, despite Williams' frequent mention of them. Nevertheless, this is still a decent starting place for the ambitious novice publisher. Williams' advice is overall quite sound and relevant enough for me to keep the book around as a reference tool for my projects. 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great publishing resource...,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Publish Your Own Magazine, Guidebook, or Weekly Newspaper: How to Start, Manage and Profit from Your Own Home-Based Publishing Company (Culture Tools) (Paperback)
Gives a good overview of the challenges of small mag/newspaper etc publishing and gives alot of nuts and bolts type tips. Better to spend a little money on alot of good advice then to make the mistakes and learn the hard way. The author writes like a veteran of learning the hard way and thankfully he is sharing his knowledge.
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