It's easier to self-publish a book than to approach several publishers. Computer softwarers like Pagemaker, In-Design, Publisher or Quark-X-Press with a simple layout can be produced with MS Word.
Okay. Since I'm not sure whether it's feasible for self-publishing, with the fact that it's not popular in Hong Kong, the place where I live in, I am not going to self-publish. Codepainter is ineterested in knowing the process of publishing. Well, I have a glimpse of knowledge in this field, since I have talked to one of the editors of that publishing company few weeks ago. How does your book come out from the oven?? 1. Enquiries from you, i.e the author 2. Filling in the form involved in personal details, size of the book, size of the paper, no. of copies... 3. You send in the form, the draft of the book, and content page of that book 4. The company will check and read the draft, then they will decide whether this book can be published or not. 5. If yes, luckily, some companies will reply together with the price of the draft within 7 days, but some may take longer. 6. You HAVE TO accept the price (in order to go on the process) 7. You and the company will sign a contract. 8. Typing 9. Editing 10. You proofread the draft of the work. 11. The company will proofread the work to avoid errors. 12. When it's ok, then it will be sent to some printing companies. 13. It's published and is saleable to any markets! I hope it helps. At the moment, I'm still thinking of some ideas for the book. First of all, I need to understand what children are mostly likely interested in. In other words, I have to do some market research. That's it for now. I'm exhausted.
