Know your objective for writing a book. Is your goal to simply have a book to give to family and friends or you are serious about your career and have your mind set on a commercial venture with bigger ambition? In that case, quality design work, a comprehensive edit, distribution and a promotional plan are essential.

When it comes to publishing your book, there are many options available. For several reasons, Print On Demand publishing is gaining popularity as a publishing medium.

In recent years, the demand for digital publishing has skyrocketed throughout the globe. This is a result of a variety of reasons. Namely, the cost for paper printing is excessively high, technology has advanced to a position whereby quality publishing can be produced, and digital publishing represents a perfect market for a green economy.

For many of us, who love books and reading, we often want to create our own written masterpiece or at least see our ideas immortalised through publishing. But many of these plans are thwarted by big publishing houses who cannot justify printing books for average Joe as they’ll never bring in much revenue. Yet all hope is not lost, digital technology opens a doorway for many of us would be writers and authors.

Online magazines present an exciting opportunity for writers and publishers alike. With the start-up costs of print magazines remaining relatively high, a digital magazine can overcome some of the major costs of a traditional magazine and allow a magazine to flourish and support writers in ways it could not have in print.

E-books have been around for over a decade but until recently, they hadn’t contributed much in the way of book sales. This all changed when Amazon, the world’s largest book seller, released a proprietary e-book reader called the ‘Kindle’ in November of 2007. Since then, things have turned 180 degrees for the struggling e-book market.

Are you feeling frustrated because you know that you have valuable knowledge or story to share with the world but the thought of writing a book is holding you back? Most people could not achieve their goal of publishing a book because they find that they do not have a gift for writing or that they do not have the time to write. Read on to uncover 3 ways that you can overcome your limitations and be on the journey of becoming a published author soon.

If you’ve written something you know is really good and you can’t seem to squeeze yourself into New York’s 2 by 2 Matrices, I have great news for you. Destruction is on its way.

The very nature of vanity publishing and the negative atmosphere surrounding this type of publishing can be daunting. The truth is that because a vanity press is not selective in the work that it publishes, books published under a true vanity press are not seen as prestigious or as credible as those published elsewhere. This is unfortunate because this automatically lumps both good and bad books together by reputation only.

Another type of publishing under the self-publishing umbrella is what is euphemistically called Vanity publishing or a Vanity press. A vanity publisher is one which will publish any book as long as an author is willing to pay for it. Because it is almost impossible for someone to get into a traditional publishing house as an unknown, vanity presses are very attractive to new authors. But there are definitely pros and cons to choosing a vanity press.