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Information & Communication Technology

eBooks
Print on Demand
Self Publishing

Lulu, iTunes, Kindle, Nook, Barnes and Noble, Amazon and Beyond

Workshop Part 1 Creating an eBook & Book Part 2 Interoperability PDF for Paperback Part 3 Publishing Formatting E-Books for Amazon's Kindle Audio in eBooks eBooks and Paperbacks Enquiries

How I publish my Short Walk Books

Print on Demand: The new Publishing Paradigm.
Print on Demand Bookmaking Workshop

Preparing the Content
  1. Research to create a narrative & identify associated images Author(s) need to be aware of Intellectual Property Rights.
    More at:Trove
    Survey of Online Heritage and History Resources
    Copyright is a legal right that gives copyright owners the right to control certain activities with their works...http://www.nla.gov.au/about-copyright
  2. Seek Permission to use, perform, adapt or copy when using someone else's IP eg an image.
  3. Privacy/Confidentiality when doing research (particularly on living people or those who have living relatives).
  4. Who is your Market/Reader - what are you trying to communicate? Guided Walk, Give Draft to people to read/comment on
  5. Acknowledgments - sponsors, contributers, images....
  6. Legal Deposit is a requirement under the Copyright Act 1968 for publishers and self publishing authors...http://www.nla.gov.au/legal-deposit
Making the Book
  1. E-Book Formatting: Encoding - compatibility with different readers
  2. Printed Layout/Physical Form for Printed
  3. Printed version: Limited/Collectors Edition (pre-purchase), Hardback, Color/Black&White, Paparback, Size
  4. E-Book: Interactive/external links/accessibility for blind people (EPUB) or PDF
Print on Demand (as you need them) Paperback
Art Book: Hand Bound, Special Paper, hand caligraphy
Distribution
Online Sale of E-books and Paperbacks

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