A webinar by John Chandler. This talk will describe the steps needed to turn a local history tesxt into a self-published or society-published book. The various tasks - editing text, preparinf and captioning images, designing pages, indexing - will be explore, and then printing and binding options, financial aspects, dealing with booksellers, marketing, publicity and legal requirements. BALH Reviews Editor, Heather Falvey, will discuss the quality of local history publications from her perspective.
John Chandler chairs BALH's Publishing Team, has written extensively about West Country history, and is sole proprietor of a small local publisher, Hobnob Press.
There will be plenty of time for Q&A.
Admission is free for BALH members (non-members £5.00). If your society is a member of the BALH ask for a discount code for a £3.00 admission fee.
To book, go online https://www.balh.org.uk/events clcik on the event, and go to 'Book Now'. Bookings taken until 5.30pm on 12th May.