Out of curiosity, how much would it cost to publish a book?

Question: Out of curiosity, how much would it cost to publish a book!?

Nothing like a novel or anything, but like a book of poems!. What is the process/steps of getting a book published as well!? I'm thinking it will probably cost a lot!. Thank you!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Publishing is free unless you do it through a vanity press, but that's for people that are planning on selling their own work marketed to a very specific group of people!. For instance, sometimes College Professors will self publish their own text books through a vanity press and sell the copies to their students!. If you're publishing your own original fiction or poems you'll want to avoid vanity presses!. Unfortunately, recently a lot of vanity presses have been posing as viable alternatives for authors who've been having trouble getting their own work published, but its always a scam!. You should never be asked to pay to be published!.
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If you go to Lulu!.com, it costs about $500 to publish a book!. They will have a editor check your work for grammar and send you up to 8 pages of suggestions, then they show you typing fonts and styles that you feel are best for your book,then they help you develop a cover, and finally they publish it for you!. Hope this helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

try authorhouse!.com I was going to do it but it was going to be like $600 or something to publish a novel!. It will be a lot cheaper to publish a book of poems!. You could also send it around to some agents and see what they say!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

A book will not cost anything to get published (unless you decide to self-publish, which I would not recommend!.) Www@QuestionHome@Com