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Hi everyone! I'm getting ready to self-publish my second non-fiction book and at a point where I don't know what to do next. My first self-published book was handled by my employees, but I no longer have my company. I know we used a company that helped us get the book published (they handled all the formatting and getting it set up for print-on-demand. Unfortunately, I have no idea what company we used.

Does anyone have any recommendations for companies (or people) to use to help me through these last stages of the process? I need to get this finished and can't seem to get it over the finish line.

Look on the copyright page of your first book. It should give you the information.

Stoney wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm getting ready to self-publish my second non-fiction book and at a point where I don't know what to do next. My first self-published book was handled by my employees, but I no longe..."

There are a lot of people and companies that will do that, but I agree with Ted. Check your first book to see if the company you used is mentioned on the copyright page.

My wife and I own a small press and until 2 years ago were regularly publishing, but we've had to scale back to just my books for the moment due to financial and health issues. I will say you should ask to see some samples from any company you're thinking of hiring, if you're not already familiar with their work, because quality seems to be all over the place. Some self-published books look very professional and some look like they were thrown together by a herd of squirrels. :-P Doing a good job is fairly labor-intensive even with the right software, so you'll probably pay a healthy price, although that's just a guess. I don't know what the market looks like right now.