Self-Publishing
According to Bowker the number of print and eBooks self-published annually has increased by 287 percent since 2006 and now totals more than 235,000 titles.
http://www.bowker.com/en-US/aboutus/press_room/2012/pr_10242012.shtml
From eBook publishing to book expos, publishing gurus to print-on-demand (POD), the four top POD companies noted by Bowker are Amazon’s CreateSpace, Smashwords, Author Solutions, and Lulu (see below)
http://www.bowker.com/en-US/aboutus/press_room/2012/pr_10242012.shtml
From eBook publishing to book expos, publishing gurus to print-on-demand (POD), the four top POD companies noted by Bowker are Amazon’s CreateSpace, Smashwords, Author Solutions, and Lulu (see below)
- Author Solutions (A Penguin Random House Company)
http://www.authorsolutions.com/
According to Bowker, in 2011 Author Solutions produced a total of 47,094 titles
- Blurb (POD)
http://www.blurb.com/
“Bookstore-quality books, self published by you”
Blurb is well known for its full color photography books and eBooks. You can either use their online software to prepare a book or you can upload a PDF.
- CreateSpace (POD)
https://www.createspace.com/
“Independent publishing with CreateSpace”
According to Bowker’s statistics, in 2011 CreateSpace dominated the print segment, supporting the creation of 58,412 titles (39 percent of self-published print books).
- Dan Poyntner (Self publishing Guru)
http://www.parapublishing.com/sites/para/
This site has hundreds of pages of information pertaining to the self publishing industry. - Espresso Book Machine
http://www.lib.umich.edu/espresso-book-machine
The Espresso Book Machine (EBM) is an integrated, automated book-making machine that prints, binds, and trims—on demand—high quality paperback books with 4-color covers. The EBM can print, bind, and trim a 300 page book from a digital file in about 7 minutes.
- Lulu (POD)
http://www.lulu.com/us/en
This POD has the ability to publish and sell eBooks on your behalf and claim to have the largest distribution channels of all online publishers.
According to Bowker’s statistics, in 2011 they produced 38,005 titles.
- Smashwords (eBook Self Publishing Site)
http://www.smashwords.com/
Smashwords topped the e-book producers with 40,608 titles (nearly 47 percent of total self-published e-books).
- SPBE (Self Publishing Expo November 9, 2013)
http://selfpubbookexpo.com/
- SPAWN- Small Publishers, Artists, and Writers Network
http://www.spawn.org/
Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network (SPAWN) provides information, resources and opportunities for everyone involved in or interested in publishing, whether you are an author, freelance writer, artist or you own a publishing company.