James Hockley
Hi Taja,
The act of self-publishing has been made remarkably easy with the advent of Amazon (and others). Getting a book uploaded and sold online is not much harder than ordering your next book off the internet. Even on demand print publishing is quite easy (as I understand it).
But that is really the smallest part of the process. What is really hard is a) having a book to publish in the first place (it took me 15 years before I had something I was happy to throw out into the public); and b) market the damn thing. This is the bit I'm struggling with at the moment, and it is very hard - the internet is a very big place, and I am a very small writer!
But don't let me put you off - the sense of self-satisfaction is unparalleled, regardless how successful, and it's a noble goal to pursue.
The act of self-publishing has been made remarkably easy with the advent of Amazon (and others). Getting a book uploaded and sold online is not much harder than ordering your next book off the internet. Even on demand print publishing is quite easy (as I understand it).
But that is really the smallest part of the process. What is really hard is a) having a book to publish in the first place (it took me 15 years before I had something I was happy to throw out into the public); and b) market the damn thing. This is the bit I'm struggling with at the moment, and it is very hard - the internet is a very big place, and I am a very small writer!
But don't let me put you off - the sense of self-satisfaction is unparalleled, regardless how successful, and it's a noble goal to pursue.
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