Many of us has had the inspiration to publish a book may it be a biography, history subject, family history tree but have been stopped by the countless steps it takes to get a book published. The process of publishing your own book has now been simplified by several sites one being Amazon.Com.
Please read Dick Eastman's post on his daily newsletter blog. You might want to check out a site called Mixbook also. There you can be in control of all your book publishing including design and layout.
http://blog.eogn.com/2014/05/03/self-publish-your-book-and-sell-it-on-amazon-and-elsewhere/
http://www.mixbook.com/