All You Need to Know About Self-Publishing

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Self-publishing was at one point considered as bad as vanity publishing, but with so many self-published successes in the past few years, it is now possible to self-publish with respect. Publishers Weekly will now look at self-published books, something they would never have done five or ten years ago. "Gone are the days," wrote former Publishers Weekly rights columnist Paul Nathan, "when self-publishing was virtually synonymous with self-defeating."

And now with the advent of print-on-demand publishing, it's possible to self-publish at little cost. POD publishing or self-publishing are excellent ways to test the market for a book, establish that market, and even build the market to such an extent that an author can sell the reprint rights to a much larger publisher for a good advance. Indeed, many larger publishers now scour the shelves and the Internet for self-published and POD books that could fit their publishing program. Self-publishing has become respectable again.
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Welcome to The Self-Publishing Magazine! This new magazine is for all those who are thinking about, who currently are or who have in the past written, published and sold their own book.

With expert advice on book production, marketing, design and publicity to help you get the most from your self publishing projects, the magazine also includes articles by authors who have already been there... so that you can learn some of the dos and don'ts, and avoid some of the pitfalls. So whether you choose to go it alone or sign up with a self-publishing company, there will be features of relevance to you.

Self-publishing has come a long way in the last five years or so. Once seen suspiciously as another form of vanity publishing, it is now increasingly viewed as a respectable way for authors to get a foot on the publishing ladder. The commonly held belief that authors only publish their books for personal vanity is now way off the mark. The motivations for self publishing are numerous: a desire to be more widely read; a hope that the book will be picked up by a 'traditional' publisher; the wish to publish for a small audience, one that a commercial publisher will not find profitable; the personal fulfillment of one's hobby; publishing for family and friends; publishing as part of a business venture; or a wish to make money from writing. These, and many others, are all perfectly valid reasons for an author to consider financing the publication of their own book.