Author Kathi Macias offers insights on the role and value of self-publishing, and weighs the pros and cons of self-publishing versus traditional publishing. Experts used to advise authors not to self publish because there wasn’t any marketing—you had...

Thanks to computers, self-publishing has become much easier. Gone are the days of laboriously sweating over a gigantic print press, or begging a publisher to agree to give your work a chance. These days everything an author needs to bring their work...

After being in this business for twenty-five years, I can tell you that the only people who know whether a book is self published or traditionally published are the publishers and the bookstore owners. People always used to say that you shouldn’t self...

Author Kathi Macias offers insights on the role and value of self-publishing, and weighs the pros and cons of self-publishing versus traditional publishing. Experts used to advise authors not to self publish because there wasn’t any marketing—you had...

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,...

Founder of PublishNext, Randy Kuckuck shares his view on independent publishers and how authors can retain control of their books and garner industry respect.

Founder of PublishNext, Randy Kuckuck shares his view on independent publishers and how authors can retain control of their books and garner industry respect. Click here to play this audio clip

Alan Rinzler is an industry veteran and leader, and in this interview he discusses the rise of self-publishing from the perspective of traditional publishing. He talks about watching vanity publishing disappear and reputable self-publishing emerge, and...

Alan Rinzler is an industry veteran and leader, and in this interview he discusses the rise of self-publishing from the perspective of traditional publishing. He talks about watching vanity publishing disappear and reputable self-publishing emerge, and...