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There seem good advantages in POD (Print On Demand) publishing. I discuss some issues in POD at http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~mas010/orderbook.html

I have found createspace.com a good publisher for my book "Topology and Groupoids"; they are an amazon.com company, and this has the implication that the royalty rates are good (black and white, 6" x 9", 200 pages, price 20.00 dollars, gives $8.75 royalty). Non exclusive contract.

You should consult the e-book "The Fine Print", written by a copyright lawyer, Mark Levine.

All the publicity, and sending out review and complimentary copies, has to be done by you - this is a typical downside to any self publishing.

Later: Another disavantage is that many libraries and insitutes buy anything issued by a major publisher, but have to be persuaded to buy a book which does not have the cachet of having satisfied the refereeing process of a major publisher. The advantage of this amazon.com company is that the royalty is direct on the published price for amazon sales.

Later: I have found another problem, as a UK resident, namely that the USA Inland Revenue insists that 30% tax be deducted, as against the lowest UK rate of 20%, unless you can get a USA Income Tax Number allocated: in view of the difficulties I have had in doing this, I think you would need to employ a professional who knows all the ropes. However, this is a marginal problem in my case.

There seem good advantages in POD (Print On Demand) publishing. I discuss some issues in POD at http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~mas010/orderbook.html

I have found createspace a good publisher for my book "Topology and Groupoids"; they are an amazon.com company, and this has the implication that the royalty rates are good (black and white, 6" x 9", 200 pages, price 20.00 dollars, gives $8.75 royalty). Non exclusive contract.

You should consult the book "The Fine Print", written by a copyright lawyer, Mark Levine.

All the publicity, and sending out review and complimentary copies, has to be done by you - this is a typical downside to any self publishing.

Later: Another disadvantage is that many libraries and institutes buy anything issued by a major publisher, but have to be persuaded to buy a book which does not have the cachet of having satisfied the refereeing process of a major publisher. The advantage of this amazon.com company is that the royalty is direct on the published price for amazon sales.

Later: I have found another problem, as a UK resident, namely that the USA Inland Revenue insists that 30% tax be deducted, as against the lowest UK rate of 20%, unless you can get a USA Income Tax Number allocated: in view of the difficulties I have had in doing this, I think you would need to employ a professional who knows all the ropes. However, this is a marginal problem in my case.

There seem good advantages in POD (Print On Demand) publishing. I discuss some issues in POD at http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~mas010/orderbook.html

I have found createspace.com a good publisher for my book "Topology and Groupoids"; they are an amazon.com company, and this has the implication that the royalty rates are good (black and white, 6" x 9", 200 pages, price 20.00 dollars, gives $8.75 royalty). Non exclusive contract.

You should consult the e-book "The Fine Print", written by a copyright lawyer, Mark Levine.

All the publicity, and sending out review and complimentary copies, has to be done by you - this is a typical downside to any self publishing.

Later: Another disavantage is that many libraries and insitutes buy anything issued by a major publisher, but have to be persuaded to buy a book which does not have the cachet of having satisfied the refereeing process of a major publisher. The advantage of this amazon.com company is that the royalty is direct on the published price for amazon sales.

There seem good advantages in POD (Print On Demand) publishing. I discuss some issues in POD at http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~mas010/orderbook.html

I have found createspace.com a good publisher for my book "Topology and Groupoids"; they are an amazon.com company, and this has the implication that the royalty rates are good (black and white, 6" x 9", 200 pages, price 20.00 dollars, gives $8.75 royalty). Non exclusive contract.

You should consult the e-book "The Fine Print", written by a copyright lawyer, Mark Levine.

All the publicity, and sending out review and complimentary copies, has to be done by you - this is a typical downside to any self publishing.

Later: Another disavantage is that many libraries and insitutes buy anything issued by a major publisher, but have to be persuaded to buy a book which does not have the cachet of having satisfied the refereeing process of a major publisher. The advantage of this amazon.com company is that the royalty is direct on the published price for amazon sales.

Later: I have found another problem, as a UK resident, namely that the USA Inland Revenue insists that 30% tax be deducted, as against the lowest UK rate of 20%, unless you can get a USA Income Tax Number allocated: in view of the difficulties I have had in doing this, I think you would need to employ a professional who knows all the ropes. However, this is a marginal problem in my case.

There seem good advantages in POD (Print On Demand) publishing. I discuss some issues in POD at http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~mas010/orderbook.html

I have found createspace.com a good publisher for my book "Topology and Groupoids"; they are an amazon.com company, and this has the implication that the royalty rates are good (black and white, 6" x 9", 200 pages, price 20.00 dollars, gives $8.75 royalty). Non exclusive contract.

You should consult the e-book "The Fine Print", written by a copyright lawyer, Mark Levine.

All the publicity, and sending out review and complimentary copies, has to be done by you - this is a typical downside to any self publishing.

There seem good advantages in POD (Print On Demand) publishing. I discuss some issues in POD at http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~mas010/orderbook.html

I have found createspace.com a good publisher for my book "Topology and Groupoids"; they are an amazon.com company, and this has the implication that the royalty rates are good (black and white, 6" x 9", 200 pages, price 20.00 dollars, gives $8.75 royalty). Non exclusive contract.

You should consult the e-book "The Fine Print", written by a copyright lawyer, Mark Levine.

All the publicity, and sending out review and complimentary copies, has to be done by you - this is a typical downside to any self publishing.

Later: Another disavantage is that many libraries and insitutes buy anything issued by a major publisher, but have to be persuaded to buy a book which does not have the cachet of having satisfied the refereeing process of a major publisher. The advantage of this amazon.com company is that the royalty is direct on the published price for amazon sales.