You’ve just completed a book that you are truly proud of, and, upon careful consideration, have decided that self-publishing would be the best way to proceed in bringing it out to your readers. This is increasingly becoming a path authors are opting for, and for a number of good reasons. For example, some authors are well aware that their book would appeal to a restricted audience or a specialized market. Other authors opt for self-publishing, as that limits their financial investment in their project. Still, other authors choose this path as they wish to have more control of their project, from retaining the copyright, to design of their book cover, use of fonts etc. There are endless reasons for why customers might decide to self-publish, above are just some examples. By self-publishing, authors can usually make a decision on precisely what is included in their book, not to mention what isn’t. They will also have far greater input into graphic and artistic aspects of the book, including the cover and illustrations. (more…)
