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Self Publishing Hints

About a million books are published each year; most are self-published because it is very difficult to come to the attention of an agent or a publisher. 

I was lucky to have my first books published by major presses: Cam- bridge, Elsevier and Sky, but I self-published my 5th book because I was dissatisfied with editing, layout and marketing by some of my earlier publishers, and I wanted the exper-ience of doing it all. I learned a lot and created a great book that was picked up and republished by the West Virginia University Press. The book has sold a few thousand copies and still sells a few hundred ten years later. Here it is:

More coming soon!

Vigilant Books. 1900 Market St., Wheeling, WV 26003

Hours : Sunday to Thursday: Closed
Friday: 1 pm - 5 pm; Saturday: 11 am - 5 pm

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