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Print on demand - Self-publishing authors

1 POD fuels a new category of publishing (or printing) company that

offers services, usually for a fee, directly to authors who wish to Self-

publishing|self-publish


Self-publishing

1 'Self-publishing' is the publication of any book or other media by the author of the work, without the

involvement of an established third-party publisher


Self-publishing

1 Self-publishing is not limited to physical books. Ebooks, pamphlets, sales brochures, websites, and other

materials are commonly self-published.


Self-publishing - Business aspects

1 The key distinguishing characteristic of self-publishing is that the author has decided to publish his or her work independent of a publishing

house


Self-publishing - Types of self-publishing

1 Most self-publishing companies either provide their own ISBN to a title or

can provide direction;http://www.isbn-us.com/blo

g/2014/03/12/isbn-information-frequently-asked-questions/ it may be in the best interest of the self-

published author to retain ownership of ISBN and copyright instead of

using a number owned by a vanity press.


Self-publishing - Vanity publishing

1 Vanity publishing differs from self-publishing in that the author does not own the print run of finished

books and is not in primary control of their distribution.


Self-publishing - Vanity publishing

1 Further blurring the distinction between self-publishing and

traditional publishing was Penguin Books|Penguin's purchase in 2012 of

Author Solutions.


Eddie Campbell - Self-publishing

1 Under the influence of Dave Sim, Campbell founded Eddie Campbell

Comics and began self-publishing in 1995, after the film rights to From

Hell were optioned


List of self-publishing companies

1 The following is a list of WP:N|notable companies that provide

assistance in self-publishing books, provide print on demand services as

publishers or operate as vanity presses.


List of self-publishing companies

1 Self-publishing and vanity publishing are not necessarily the same business model. A self-published author employs a printer

(publishing) to operate a press, but retains ownership of copyrights, ISBN's, the finished books and their distribution. A vanity press

or subsidy publisher retains some of the rights, usually including ownership of the

print run and control over distribution, while the author bears much or all of the financial

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Argentine comics - The rise of self-publishing

1 Passing on their own methods, creators armed a new generation of

creators with self-publishing techniques.


Argentine comics - The rise of self-publishing

1 Cultural factors that creators cite as shaping the self-publishing boom

include a desire to read and produce stories that deal with local issues by

local authors, a strong sense of autonomy matched by a tradition of collaboration and a commitment to

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Steve Almond - Self-publishing

1 After a decade of working with traditional publishers, Almond has self-published three

books in recent years and become an outspoken advocate of self-publishing, which he has written about extensively in the Los

Angeles Times,http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/24

/entertainment/la-caw-off-the-shelf24-2010jan24 Poets Writers, and The

Rumpus.http://therumpus.net/2010/02/presto-book-o-why-i-went-ahead-and-self-published


Freedom of press - Relationship to self-publishing

1 If the author cannot reach a voluntary agreement with a publisher

to produce the author's work, then the author must turn to self-

publishing.


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