Publisher Sara Stratton on the Evolution and Challenges of Self-Publishing

Sara Stratton, owner of Redwood Publishing, has noticed tremendous growth and changes in self-publishing, even over just the last few years. She points to Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing as an example – the platform, previously called CreateSpace, used to produce low-quality products. Now, it’s hugely improved and Stratton considers the quality excellent. She believes this change occurred because there is an increased need for self-published authors to publish and release their books on a budget...