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Publish a book
The document provides a comprehensive guide on how to publish genealogical research, detailing steps for planning, writing, and publishing a book. It emphasizes the importance of structuring content, including bloodlines, ancestries, family narratives, and various lists while using platforms like Lulu for publishing. Warnings about privacy and the distribution of sensitive information are also included, highlighting the need for careful management of personal data.
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Publish a book
- 1. ©ThomPoole2011-13 What now? Publishing yourresearch Thom Poole
- 2. ©ThomPoole2011-13 So far sogood… • You've done the research • Got piles of papers, photos & certificates • Databases full of information • Bored your friends and family
- 3. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Display This is OK,but where can you display it, and how much information can you display on the chart?
- 4. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Write a book Thisis why I’m speaking to you.
- 5. ©ThomPoole2011-13 How to writeyour book • Planning • Writing • Publishing • Warning If you have a reporting function in your genealogical software, make use of it. I use RootsMagic that provides a range of reports, including narrative and listings. All I used to write the book is Microsoft Word, PhotoShop and the online publisher Lulu
- 6. ©ThomPoole2011-13 PLANNING Step 1 –Where are you going to go?
- 7. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Planning your book •Audience • Information guide • Pictures, certificates & forms • Copyright? Who are you writing for? How much information should you include? Start scanning information - pictures, certificates, forms, etc
- 8. ©ThomPoole2011-13 WRITING Step 2 –What to put in the book?
- 9. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Charts • Tree diagram •Fan Chart • A Timeline
- 10. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Presentation • The bloodline •The ancestry • Family specific narrative • Place index & maps • Occupation lists • Kinship lists • References
- 11. ©ThomPoole2011-13 The bloodline • Relatedto your ‘Root Person’ • Follows the bloodline back • Excludes families • Can include additional information on each person (unless included elsewhere) • List by generation Add the relationship each person has to the root person - e.g. third great grandfather Do not include siblings, unless this is the only section Ideally, start each generation on a new page
- 12. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Ancestry • Following thebloodline back, but including siblings • Include other information, e.g. census, parish records, stories, etc • List by generation
- 13. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Family narrative • Followkey family lines • From the earliest entry forward • Add additional information that would interest the reader • List each name with the relationship to the root person
- 14. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Family stories Example isof a book I wrote for my father-in-law for Christmas about his grandfather
- 15. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Additional information 1881 Distribution1998 Distribution This comes from the Family Name distribution project (public profiler.org - no space)
- 16. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Index of Places •List all the locations in your tree • Add maps • Add photos • Add some history about a place Bring the locations mentioned elsewhere in your book to life
- 17. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Occupation Lists • Listall occupations • Give some background (where necessary) • Add detail (e.g. certain jobs related to a location) My niece asked about the occupations of our ancestors - wanting to hear about a pop star!
- 18. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Kinship Listing • Alphabeticallisting of all kin • List from the root person • Highlight the bloodline Highlight the bloodline using bold &/or italic emphasis
- 19. ©ThomPoole2011-13 References • List yourreferences as end notes • Let readers confirm your research • Acknowledge other contributors • List census, certificate and web references
- 20. ©ThomPoole2011-13 PUBLISHING Step 3 –Putting your content in print
- 21. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Alternatives • You couldpublish to a public website • You could create your own website • You could serialise your content • You could write a book Public websites like Genes Reunited or Ancestry Serialise like the wartime diary of Private Ross Taylor by his grandson - Chris Ayres on Twitter.
- 22. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Publishing • Online digitalpublishers are cheaper • www.lulu.com is an international publisher • You maintain full control of your book • You can sell it publicly with an ISBN Lulu – international, so if you have family overseas, they get their book printed locally. We’ll cover the warnings about going public at the end.
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- 24. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Using Lulu Create youraccount on Lulu
- 25. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Your Book Select thesort of book you want to publish – hardback, paperback, size, colour pages (costs quite a bit more!)
- 26. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Start Your Project Giveyour book a name and enter your ‘name’, and select the distribution you want for your book.
- 27. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Choose The Look Refineor change the look and feel of your book
- 28. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Upload Your File Theonline tool converts your Word document into a PDF.
- 29. ©ThomPoole2011-13 The Book Cover Thereare some sample cover you can use, but you can also design your own as I have done here. You can add your own title, spine and back notes. There are a range of fonts and colours you can choose from.
- 30. ©ThomPoole2011-13 WARNING All is notrosy though
- 31. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Warning • Your databasecontains private information • Only publicly distribute information about people who are deceased • Control your book distribution if it does • A website is more public & open to more possible abuse This does not mean to say that you shouldn’t publish things openly, but do so knowingly
- 32. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Summary You can downloadyour content and covers, set a price (the price shown is the cost). If I set the Direct Access or General Access, I can set a sales price.
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- 35. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Openly Published • Mylatest novel • ISBN: 978-1-4476-7885-4 • Of interest to genealogists