Dan Poynter Books

The Parachute Manual, A Technical Treatise on Aerodynamic Decelerators by Dan Poynter covers everything there is to know about the packing, rigging, alterations, design, repairs, materials, regulations, manufacture, specifications, loft layout, rigging tools, all the personnel parachute assemblies and parts with change notices and much, much more. The Manual, known as the Bible to parachute riggers everywhere, is in use by all branches of the US Armed Services, the Forest Service and many foreign governments. Now two volumes are available as a set. The Parachute Manual, Volume I, by Dan Poynter. Covers all parachutes through 1984 plus historical information, "round" canopies and US military parachutes.

The Self-Publishing Manual, more effectively and successfully than any other book, has turned writers with an idea into successful authors with books by providing solid, usable information in clear, concise, readable lanugage. This is not the stuff of theory, it is the product of hard-earned experience.

This perennial bestseller has been revised to include online delivery of books, print on demand, CD publishing, and email promotion. Twelve chapters provide guidance on everything from writing to publicity to distribution, with one chapter devoted to technology.

Book publishing is changing. The Self-Publishing Manual, Volume 2, the sequel to the best selling Self Publishing Manual describes how to use new techniques to write your book even faster, use new technology to publish it for less, and how to use social media for promotion.

Writing a book is a creative act but promoting a book is a business. The Para Promotion Program gently introduces authors to the business side of books.Dan Poynter s Para Promotion Program is a series of book promotional projects the agoraphobic author can accomplish without leaving home and shows the author what to do to reach their audience. Each assignment takes five to 120 minutes to complete. The program not only shows the author how to promote his or her current book, it is a crash course in book promotion that can be applied to future books. And authors who understand how to reach their audience tend to write books their readers want.The Para Promotion Program is far more valuable and much less expensive than traveling to a conference or seminar.The Para Promotion Program is the brainchild of Book-Publishing Futurist Dan Poynter of Santa Barbara. Poynter The challenge is that most of us authors are introverts. We prefer not to take part in radio, TV, or autograph parties. So, I assembled a team of PR and book design professionals to design a procedure acceptable to (homebody) book authors.