Self-publishing and eBooks have opened up exciting new possibilities for writers worldwide. Now, authors have more control over their work, can publish books faster, and earn a larger share of the ...

Bowker, the ProQuest group that supplies book information to publishers, libraries, and booksellers and is the official US agency for identifying ISBN numbers, released the results today of its most ...

Michael Larson knew his wife's concept for a children's book would be a hit if a publishing house would accept it. Larson spent months acting as his wife’s agent, trying to get his foot in the door to ...

What do publishers do in a world where anyone can publish a book? It's a question with a good answer. What isn't as clear is what publishers do in a world where anyone can be publish a best-seller.

Self-publishing refers to the publication of a book or a novel without the involvement of an established publisher. It's a publishing strategy that has grown in popularity in recent years, especially ...

As any published writer can attest, nothing compares with the feeling of seeing one’s words in print for the first time. Whether it’s a memoir, first novel, how-to book or poetry anthology, it’s ...

Softcover is a startup offering what it calls a “frictionless” platform for self-publishing e-books. Co-founder Michael Hartl is an author himself, having written the Ruby on Rails Tutorial. (He’s ...

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Spirits of Oz, one of the 2014 Community Novel project books at Topeka and Shawnee County (Kans.) Public Library. Traditionally, self-published works have had a reputation for being unedited and ...

In the indie ebook world, the genre is king. According to a 2017 Author Earnings report, over 70% of all genre fiction consumer purchases — the "overwhelming majority" — are now in ebook format. Of ...