Should You Self-Publish Your Book or Not? - A Crash Course in Print on Demand (POD) |
| Published: November 7, 2007, 8:50 pm |
| Tags: self publishers, self publishing tips, self publishing, publishing routes |
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by Anthony CoeWhen people think about self-publishing, also know as vanity publishing , they think of scams where you send in your short story to a publisher and they sell you a thousand copies and send you on your way as a published author . They think about the wannabe author who just couldn't get their manuscript accepted by a publisher. The truth of the matter is that it takes more work to be a self-published author. You will have to do everything yourself. The phrase Vanity Publishing doesn't apply.If you are up to the challenge rest assured you will be in good company. Some famous self-published authors include; Richard Nixon Real Peace and John Grisham A Time to Kill , others include, Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, E.E. Cummings, William Blake, Edgar Allen Poe, Benjamin Franklin and Walt Whitman just to name a few. John Grisham sold his first book out of the trunk of his car.The advancements in business and home computing and DSL, T3 connections and [ Full article ] |
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