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

Articles

• Opportunistic book publicity: Leverage what’s in the news

• Book Editor: 7 Tips for Working With a Pro

• How Social Media Changed The Way We Read Books

• Write a Book And Make It A Big Success

• 31 Percent of Daily E-Book Sales Are Now by Self-Published Authors

• Paid by the page: Amazon has a new way to pay some authors

Also See

• Blog Monetization

• Blogging

• eBooks

• Internet Radio

• Podcast