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Publishing Options

Publishing your own personal or family history is much easier today than it was several years ago. There are a lot of companies that can help you with the publishing process. Here's a few to begin with:

• Blurb
• BookSurge
• BYU Cougar Prints
• Cherish Bound
• Create Space
• Family Heritage Publishers and Treasured Ink
• Gateway Press
• Genealogy Printing Co.
• Heritage Makers
• iPhoto Books
• iUniverse
• Lulu
• Memory Press
• My Publisher
• Pyxlin
• U Build a Book

Learning About Print-on-Demand

There are a lot of options available today for printing my own personal or family history book, so I decided to conduct my own research study. The print-on-demand subject and industry is growing rapidly these days, especially on the Internet. I ran across some articles and websites that were helpful one way or another. One thing I learned was that there is a difference between print-on-demand, publish-on-demand, and vanity press.

• National Association of Women Writers - http://www.naww.org/blog/
• SelfPublishing: Helping Authors Become Publishers - http://www.selfpublishing.com/
• Publishing Basics Newsletter - http://www.publishingbasics.com/
• Print on demand article at Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_on_demand
• Vanity press article at Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_press
• An Incomplete Guide to Print on Demand Publishers - http://booksandtales.com/pod/index.php
• Self Publishing Blog by Morris Rosenthal - http://www.fonerbooks.com/cornered.htm

Class on Creating Memory Books

• Writing Your Family and Personal History
• Write a Family History
• For Further Reading about writing a family history see the bibliography listed under the section titled "Writing a Family History."