Self-Publishing Author
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.
A self-published physical book is said to be privately printed.
Tools
Amazon CreateSpace - Self Publishing and Free Distribution for Books, DVD, CD
Print On Demand (POD) - Amazon CreateSpace.com - Create, publish and distribute your book for free.
Keep control. Maintain complete creative control and own your copyright with our non-exclusive agreement.
Publish easily. Use free tools to build and publish your book.
Get to market fast. Have your work published and available in just a few days.
Distribute globally. Reach readers worldwide by making your book available on Amazon.com and Amazon’s European websites.
Earn high royalties. Set your list price and receive industry-leading royalties.
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
Independently publish to reach readers.
Get to market fast.
Publishing takes less than 5 minutes and the book appears in Kindle stores worldwide within 24-48 hours.
Make money.
Earn royalty on sales to customers.
Keep control of your rights and set your own list prices. Make changes to your books at any time.
Gumroad - 'sell your work directly to your audience'
issuu - large digital publishing and discovery platform
Joomag - professional online digital publishing