- self-publishing to e-books and to paper, especially Print On Demand(POD) increasing
- + increased royalties; more control; better marketing; many services/publishers/distributors
- - more work, upfront costs for authors; many services/publishers/distributors
- Wikipedia: Self-publishing; Electronic publishing
- Amazon's 2012 bestseller list shows publishers and indie authors need each other 12/14/2012
- Literary Agent: Authors Don't Need Middlemen, They Need Partners 11/15/2012
- Bowker: Number of self-published books up 287% since 2006 only books w/ ISBNs; four companies dominating the space: Amazon, Smashwords, Author Solutions, Lulu. Amazon’s CreateSpace accounts for the most self-published print books, while Smashwords accounts for the most ebooks; 10/24/2012
- Think Like a Publisher Audience; Distribution; 5 Ws; Fact Checking; Consistency; Succession; 10/12/2012
- Get your book read by the top editors at Harper Voyager -- without needing an agent! science fiction and fantasy; 9/13/2012
- Self-publishing stigma fading 9/5/2012
- Master Online Marketing with Free Kindle Ebook 8/27/2012
- Self-publishing or vanity press? The answer may surprise you 8/23/2012
- Want to publish a book? Follow these tips from New York Times best-selling authors 8/16/2012
The Joys and Hazards of Self-Publishing on the Web assisted self-publishing; e-Books and no-frills web sites; 8/15/2012- After Long Resistance, Pynchon Allows Novels to Be Sold as E-Books 6/12/2012
- The Future of Book Cover Design in the Digital Age 5/28/2012
- How Amazon is changing the rules for books and movies imprints, new authors, speed, data mining; "Jeff, One Lonely Guy"; 5/22/2012
- Writer’s Cramp: In the E-Reader Era, a Book a Year Is Slacking competition for attention from other media, writers; 5/12/2012
- Google Points Out That What The Authors Guild Wants And What Authors Want Are Two Very Different Things 5/4/2012
- The Worst Book Covers of All Time Have Destroyed My Faith In Humanity 4/28/2012
- 5 Things Every Writer Should Know about E-publishing Today & How to Find Success in Publishing subscription reqd; 4/17/2012
Self-Publish a Novel (Publishers; Distributors; Market; Format; Royalties); 3/29/2012- Who’s the bestselling author of all time on the Kindle? Suzanne Collins; 3/21/2012
- ePublishing Workshop, Ashland 3/18/2012
- There's no mystery behind her successful life of crime (Mail Trib; L.J. Sellers); 3/18/2012
- A Definition of Author Platform Friedman; (Visibility; Authority; Proven reach; Target audience); 3/13/2012
- Q&A: Publishing Your Own E-Book 12/29/2011
- How I Became a Best-Selling Author (Darcie Chan; The Mill River Recluse); 12/9/2011
Kobo to become a publisher (complete publishing services for authors, including book editing and design); 10/26/2011- Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal 10/17/2011
- Balance of power continues to shift in the e-book wars (self-publishers; marketing); 8/22/2011
- Book industry balance continues to tilt towards the author (John Green, Amanda Hocking); 7/1/2011
Meet The First Indie Publisher To Sell A Million Kindle Books (John Locke); 6/20/2011- Mystery Writers Of America: Real Writers Don't Self-Publish 6/12/2011
- Five Tools For Self-Publishing Your eBook 5/4/2011
- Ebooks and Self-Publishing - A Dialog Between Authors Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath 3/29/2011
- How to self-publish an ebook costs, royalties; Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Smashwords, Lulu, FastPencil, Publish Green, Scribd, Barnes & Noble's Pub-It; 11/9/2010
Self-publishing a (paper) book: 25 things you need to know 7/27/2010- How Self-publishing Works
- about.com: articles
- self-publishing news, reviews; resources
- Apple iPad/iPhone/iPod Authoring