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The publishing
industry is now run like the movie business, with publishers only
interested in a narrow selection of likely blockbusters. A
lot of quality work never finds its way to readers, but at last,
with eBooks, Print On Demand and the power of Web 2.0, authors
and micro-publishers have the means to bypass mainstream publishing
altogether and reach a readership that may seem modest by big
publishers' standards, but is large enough to keep an individual
author writing.
Now authors can
publish their own work and go indie, just as filmmakers and musicians
have done before them. Better
still, indie authors can produce quality publications on a shoestring
and do it "Green" with POD and eBooks, avoiding the
waste and carbon costs of manufacturing minimum print runs and
shipping them out to warehouses all over the world.
The IndieAuthor
Guide takes you through every stage of the process, including
illustrated, detailed, step-by-step instructions in its comprehensive
chapters.
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edition at Amazon, but on this page you can get it for free!
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