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July 10, 2006

Publishing in three easy steps ... yeah, right.

I've determined that I'm going to publish this myself, but I haven't the first idea of how to do that, so I've assembled a list of what I need to do. This list includes the creation of an LLC in the state of Georgia, securing all of the necessary rights and permissions, and then designing and printing the sucker.

  1. Reserve the LLC Name ($25)
  2. Create and file the Articles of Organization, or F.231, with the state of Georgia ($100)
  3. Secure an EIN number from the IRS ($free?!)
  4. Open a business bank account
  5. Obtain ISBN numbers from the monopoly known as Bowker ($240)
  6. Register copyright with the US Copyright Office ($45)
  7. Obtain permissions for all quotes and imagery
  8. Final edit with editor
  9. Create barcode.
  10. Hire a designer to layout the text
  11. Create the online web presence for the text
  12. Print the sucker
  13. List the text in Books In Print, which seems to be the way to get listed as a stub entry in Amazon
  14. Sell. Kevin Kelly writes in a bit of detail on selling DIY publications.
  15. Decide if I ever want to do it again; rinse, repeat?

Yikes.

Posted on July 10, 2006 10:03 PM

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