My Life As a One Man Publishing House
In my last job I applied my graphic design experience to pioneer a way for small organizations to essentially turn themselves into small scale publishing houses.
This process was accomplished for just the cost of the ISBN numbers – well under $500 – in addition to man hours. I essentially became a one-man publishing house by absorbing the typesetting, cover design, and other expensive by-the hour work myself. Then I partnered with an on-demand printer (zero inventory) and Amazon.com for distribution. (In fact, I’m probably one of the few people in modern history who has written in, edited, typeset, designed and printed a book.) In the end, I generated savings of well over $15,000 ( in comparison to the long term contract required by traditional vanity presses) during the course of just a few months.
If you’re an organization looking for the same kind of capability, I’d be happy to guide you through the process. This could be very useful for the increasingly rich network of think tank 2.0’s that are generating useful insight such as the Center for Threat Awareness, Complex Terrain Laboratory, Red Team Journal, and the Small Wars Journal.
Feel free to get in touch with me, happy to show you some samples.
-Shlok
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