<div dir="ltr">Beeeeyoooootiful - thanks so much for the recommendation and guidance! </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 12:43 PM Tom Henderson <<a href="mailto:thenderson@extremelabs.com">thenderson@extremelabs.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Contact O'Reilley. They have experienced business plans and know
the process stem to stern and can give you the entire recipe and
costs. If independently published, the manual process isn't
difficult but it is very tedious. A vanity publisher like Author
Solutions takes a hefty fee but also knows the process stem to
stern. <br>
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<p>There are other publishers, but I'd explore O'Reilley first. They
have a comprehensive set of collaterals to take to a client that
describes the process. Having O'Reilley as a distribution
mechanism also increases visibility as you become part of their
mothership in terms of web accessibility, and so forth. TECH b2b
using a specific subject (imagine things like Zero Trust and other
topical matter) then becomes simpler for you/your client.</p>
<p>Tom</p>
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<div>On 10/24/19 2:02 PM, Susan Nunziata
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<div dir="ltr">Thank you, Tom! All valid questions but I can't
answer all of them yet as the idea is still being fleshed out.
Here's what I know:
<div>not expecting a profit, more intended as handouts though
not purely "vanity" it's intended to be legitimately
educational so potentially something schools and libraries
might want, definitely not tied to any product line,
definitely need it printed, would love to explore what a tech
publishing house might be able to do versus us printing
ourselves.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 10:09
AM Tom Henderson via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>>
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<p>Will the book be given as marketing collateral? Should it
be a print book at all? How many projected copies will be
distributed? Is it for profit, or for marketing
collateral? Is it just a vanity book? Could it be
published under the aegis of topical matter associated
with a variety of tech publishing houses, like O'Reilley?
Has the material already been gathered and edited? Is it
tied to one product line-- and if so, what's the lifecycle
of that product? <br>
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<p>Those are my additional questions, having seen this done
before by a wide variety of publishers and intended uses.</p>
<p>Tom</p>
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<div>On 10/24/19 12:56 PM, Sally Wiener Grotta via Ipg-smz
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<p>Susan. Before you can make those kind of decisions, you
should analyze what exactly the purpose and intended
readership is for the book, and what kind of
distribution would best reach them?</p>
<p>Please share that kind of information and whatever else
you know of your client's thinking, to help us provide
advice.</p>
<p>Best, Sally</p>
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<p>On 2019/10/24 11:51, Susan Nunziata via Ipg-smz wrote:</p>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Folks - Not sure if I"m posting this
to the right list - pls LMK if not. I've been asked to
scope out costs for different options in publishing a
b2b book for a tech vendor, ie. whether to self
publish or work with a small publishing house.
<div>Anyone have any experience/advice on where to
start? </div>
<div>Guidance/war stories appreciated.</div>
<div>Thanks all!</div>
<div>Susan</div>
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