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Author Crawford, Walt

Title The librarian's guide to micropublishing : helping patrons and communities use free and low-cost publishing tools to tell their stories / Walt Crawford
Published Medford, New Jersey : Information Today, Inc., 2012

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 172 pages) : illustrations
Series Listen Alaska
Contents Libraries and micropublishing -- Publishing and micropublishing -- The low-cost, no-cost approach -- Dealing with templates -- Typography and layout -- Making it look better -- Front and back matter -- Cover, copyright, and other matters -- PDFs and providers -- Beyond text paperbacks -- Marketing and publicity and making it big -- Academic libraries and micropublishing : ejournals in print -- Closing thoughts
Summary "In this timely book, Walt Crawford explains the how, what, and why of libraries and community micropublishing. He details the use of no-cost/low-cost publishing tools Lulu and CreateSpace and equips librarians to guide their patrons in the production of quality print books. He offers step-by-step instructions for using MS Word to design and edit manuscripts that can be printed in flexible quantities via on-demand technology. No stone goes unturned as Crawford demonstrates how, with a little attention to detail, anyone can produce books that rival the output of professional publishers. His advice is geared to making it easy for librarians to support local publishing without any additional budget, and libraries purchasing the book are granted permission to reproduce and supply key sections to their aspiring authors."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Libraries and publishing.
Micropublishing.
Libraries -- Publishing -- Computer programs
On-demand publications.
Desktop publishing.
desktop publishing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Publishing.
Desktop publishing
Libraries and publishing
Micropublishing
On-demand publications
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781573878845
1573878847
9781573878852
1573878855
1283379082
9781283379083