This updated, 2024 edition includes using AI and touches on changes in the PD business.

Foreword

Why I Wrote This Book

I. Public Domain in the USA

II. How to Select a Genre

III. The Print-on-Demand Advantage

IV. How to Construct Your Book

V. Book Cove Design with Scribus

VI. How to build a CIP data block

VII. How to Work with Lightning Source or Ingram Spark

VIII. How to Market Your Business

IX. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

X. How to Work with Amazon

XI. How to Work with Amazon KDP

XII. How to Get Publicity

XIII. e-Books the New Publishing Paradigm

XIV. Using AI

XV. My Ten Commandments

Appendix A: Public Domain Resources