These days self-publishing isn't the end of the road - for many it is (and has been) the beginning!
With the advances in print-on-demand technology, and the availability of good editors, it is now cheaper and easier than ever to get your magnum opus into print.
And when you do, you'll be following in the footsteps of some famous authors who also had to initially underwrite their own work to find an appreciative public.
They include:
- The original writings of William Blake, Virginia Woolf, Walt Whitman, William Morris, and James Joyce.
- Spartacus by Howard Fast (during the McCarthy era when he was rejected by previous large scale publishers)
- Elfquest by Wendy and Richard Pini[11]
- The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
- A Choice, Not An Echo by Phyllis Schlafly[12]
- The Joy of Cooking by Irma Rombauer
- What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles
- Poems in Prose by Oscar Wilde
- In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters
- Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
- The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
- Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris
- The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte
- Contest by Matthew Reilly (later published by Pan Macmillan)
- Eragon by Christopher Paolini[13] (The book was later published by Knopf)
- Shadowmancer by G. P. Taylor (The book was later published by Faber & Faber)
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This page is incomplete and will be added to often in the coming months, taking you through the steps of book publication, so check back often for advice on writing, polishing, pitching and publishing.
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