Self Publishing Era: Digital Publishing Tears Down Walls

Since the birth of publishing, authors have been forced to deal with the middlemen of this industry; the publishing houses. Often some of the best authors are turned away at the door because they are not "recognized" enough. Sometimes the best talent is rejected because big publishing houses just do not have time to look over all of the manuscripts. Well the times have changed. Now authors can self publish their material for next to nothing in the form of an ebook. While many traditionalist stubbornly claim that "customers won't buy ebooks", nothing could be further from the truth. Some ebook authors make exorbitant amounts of money. What's better is they get to keep most of their profits. If you are thinking about writing a book, consider publishing it in ebook format. Here are some of the benefits of ebooks?

Lower costs than self publishing

Larger returns than many traditional publishing offers

Work on your own terms

Constant and growing profits

Here are some of the downfalls of self publishing ebooks:

You must learn online promotion strategies

Effectively you are the author, distributor, webmaster and many more positions

May require some knowledge of web design, book design etc etc

As you can see, digital publishing is not all fun and games. If you are serious about promoting your book online you should understand that you will no longer be just an author. You also take over the publisher's role and become your own distribution agent. If you're willing to sit down and do a little learning than transforming your book into digital format may be the right thing for you to do.

To learn more about digital publishing visit http://www.zizzoo.com. Alternatively if you are ready to start writing and designing you ebook check out http://www.zizzoo.com/guides/ebook

In The News:

San Francisco Chronicle
CES09: Shortcovers looks to bring e-books to iPhone, others
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 7 hours ago
There are some book apps on the iPhone already but they mostly deal with classics. Shortcovers will be nice because it offers the latest books in e-form ...
Move over, Kindle, E-books have discovered smartphones KIVI-TV
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5 Shocking Things You Never Knew About E-books
Meadow Free Press, ID - 7 hours ago
If you have articles that you have already written about the subject you are promoting, you can easily combine these articles into one simple e-book. ...

Reuters
E-Book Market to Heat Up on Verizon Wireless
pocketnow.com, NY - Jan 7, 2009
Amazon won't be the sole e-book reader that will operate over a wireless cellular network. At CES, Verizon Wireless announced that a slew of e-book reading ...
Verizon plans rival to Amazon Kindle Rethink Wireless
How Verizon could succeed in the eBook business Computerworld
Verizon’s Open Network Starts Slow But There’s Hope GigaOm
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Novelist Sees (Green) Ghosts; Shannon Delaney Cozy Paranormal ...
PR Web (press release), WA - 18 hours ago
In a study from 2002 to 2007, the Association of American Publishers reported that e-books went up 55.7% in net sales. In contrast, mass-market paperback ...

Amazon: Kindle EV-DO e-book best selling electronic device
FierceBroadbandWireless, DC - Jan 4, 2009
Amazon.com said its Kindle e-book reader, which makes use of Sprint's EV-DO network to enable wireless shopping and over-the-air content downloading, ...
Ever-Evolving Technology Keeps Us Plugged Into Movies, Music, Even ... Hartford Courant
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Can a Cheap e-Book Save a Marriage?
Meadow Free Press, ID - Jan 5, 2009
You can find lots of these marriage-saving guides on the Internet as a low-cost downloadable e-book, on audio tape or even as a multimedia product on DVD. ...

Breakingviews.com What’s the Kindle Worth to Amazon?
New York Times, United States - 1 hour ago
Then there are e-book sales. If every existing and new Kindle owner were to buy two $10 books a month, and assuming a 15 percent margin on these sales, ...

CharlotteObserver.com
Ingram exec rides books' digital wave
The Tennessean, TN - Jan 4, 2009
Neither company disclosed sales figures, but e-book readers have been hard to find this Christmas, and analysts peg sales of Amazon's $359 Kindle at ...
Digital books for kids take off CharlotteObserver.com
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Readers Reject Overpriced E-Books
mediabistro.com, NY - Jan 5, 2009
The essay berated publishers for for overpricing e-books: "Selling this book, regardless of how sacred you hold your publishing windows, at $27.99 shows ...

Darien Times
Books fly off shelves as library use soars
Bend Bulletin, OR - 15 hours ago
Joseph Hollander, of Bend, said he can get almost any book he wants and likes the convenient e-mail notifications that tell him when books are ready to pick ...
Library: A blend of technology and tradition DarienNews-Review
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