Your book may not even look like a book! Your choices start with paper or non-paper. Of all the non-paper options available today, including e-books and web publishing, CD-ROM and DVD give you the most versatile and graphic way to present many types of technical or highly visual content for training or entertainment. Training and motivational materials are often presented in slides with video segments and posted online for 24/7 availability online.
Viewing a lot of text on screen is too hard on the eyes except for the most highly motivated reader. Most publishing consultants, including Griffith Publishing, will be happy to format and produce a book as an e-book or a web book at the author's request.
Audio book The fastest growing sector of publishing today is for audio books. You can make your new book or one that has already been published into an attractive, professionally produced audio book with only a small investment.
Depending on how diverse and important your readers are to you, you may wish to provide your book's content as a printed book as well as a CD or DVD, an online live or archived event, and an e-book. Each of these formats has associated benefits and challenges. Your publishing consultant should be able to help you make the best decision for your book's format.
Book options Once you choose to produce a book printed on paper, you still have several options. Griffith Publishing can assist you in producing your book in any of the above formats. Keep in mind, however, that probably 95 percent of books by self-publishing authors fall in the first category, below.
1. Paperback book with perfect binding and full-color cover
2. Book with hard cover and full-color dust jacket
3. Short book or pamphlet with saddle stitching (staples)
4. Book with plastic or metal spiral binding
Here is more information on these options.