This section explains what Earth science is and what Earth scientists study. Reading Strategy Categorizing As you read about the different branches of Earthscience, fill in the column with the name of each branch and list someof the things that are studied.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Self-publishing. Self-publishing is the publication of any book or other media by the author of the work, without the involvement of an established third-party publisher. The author is responsible and in control of entire process including design, formats, price, distribution, marketing & PR.
If you're self-publishing and producing your own master, you can produce the PDF or whatever format directly from this and you'll know exactly what will be on every page. But even in general, it will at least give you a rough idea of how much fits on each page and how many pages the final book will be.