Book, Helen Doyle et al, Publishing history : a guide for historical societies, 2006

Physical description

v, 75. : ill. ; Includes further reading

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

Written for historical society members who lack confidence in their ability to produce a work that is acceptable to publishers and to their potential readership. Provides advice and information on all aspects of printed and electronic publication embracing such topics as planning and financing a project, self-publishing, the structure and elements of a history book, use of illustrations, editing and design, identification and access requirements and selling the finished product. There is also a section for those societies that can afford to pay for the services of a historian to write a local history.

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