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How can I publish my books ?!

Hi,
I'm REda , From Egypt , I have a series of Art books which includes the life stories of all the artists in the Middle East , these books includes all the artists's lifelong from the birth till the death, passing through all stages of life .
these books wrote In Arabic Language , I hope to translate it in English And french , I know that my English is not perfect , and for sure I wont translate these books by myself ^_^
I have an excellent staff will be doing this job.But I needed to finance these books ,What is the next step that I have to do so I can publish my books ??
I'm looking forward to the response

Thanks..

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Permalink Reply by 1106 Design on January 9, 2014 at 5:19pm

Thanks for the new link.

In my opinion, this company is just another self-publishing company (and a low-level one, at that). Their covers are terrible (as is their website), proving that they know nothing about design, and the pricing structure all but guarantees that you would not get a quality book.

If you're after a beautifully designed coffee-table type book (which is what buyers expect for any book about artists, I would think) then toner-based POD printing at Lightning Source will not produce good results.

I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm, but neither do I want you to get hoodwinked by a company who will tell you want to hear and then produce a terrible book that has no chance to sell.

The book you want to create costs many thousands of dollars in translation, editing, cover design, interior design and printing fees. Depending on the number of books you print, maybe $20,000. Unless you have already established a way to sell a large quantity of books (perhaps in bulk, to organizations), it's a huge financial risk for any individual to undertake.

My advice, work backwards. Find the buyers first, then produce the book.

Permalink Reply by Re Da on January 10, 2014 at 4:00pm