Long Version: I'm about 2/3rds of the way through completing my first book (synopsis below) and am now reading through as much material as I can regarding publishing it. The plan is to go with an Ebook for now and publish a hard copy later if there is demand.

I know a few people here have published their own books so is there any advice you can give to help out?

Specific things I am still undecided on:

- Where to publish (i.e. self publish or try for an online publishing house)

- Tips on format and layout? I have a very basic layout in PDF at the moment but the design isn't stellar - any cheap services to improve that?

- Advertising, any tips? I have a target market in mind (computer forensics) but also it should be a good general reading book for anyone.

- Pricing. It's going to top out at about 150 pages - so my thinking currently is about $9.99

- Are lite versions a good idea? I've considered paring down a lot of the technical info and producing around 70 pages for "joe public" type readers. But I'm unconvinced there is a market there.

And for context here is the book details:

Tentative Title: What does your computer know about you?

Synopsis: Your computer knows a surprising amount of detail about you. Find out all the different ways a computer stores information about your activities, ways to find it and ways to stop it. (aka the book I wish existed when I came into computer forensics)

The written-in-10-minutes-for-this-post introduction gives a little more detail: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6026865/Book-Introduction.txt

I have read a load of information so far but first hand accounts are always useful :)