What are the different types of books I can publish?
Many poets, both beginning & seasoned, publish chapbooks. They’re typically printed on 8.5 x 11 paper, folded in half (making the finished size 5.5 x8.5) with a cardstock cover, and stapled together. Here’s a photo of The Lithic Review #3, which was created in 1991 with a primitive word processing program (little more than a typewriter), clip art & glue stick, & printed at a local copy shop. Chapbooks of this type are simple & inexpensive. And, you can easily make more if the need arises. A chapbook can be as short as 4 pages (one page folded in half & printed on both sides) or as long as about 48 pages (more than that is usually too thick to staple). Just lay out the pages & cover on your computer. Embellish them with illustrations if you like. Your local copy center can copy, collate, fold & staple your chapbooks from a digital file or hard copy. Or, make them yourself with a copy machine (or computer printer), and an oversized stapler. Another way of formatting a chapbook is to use
