Some authors claim their e-books are selling so well they don need a publisher. True?
It very well may be true; however, one must be careful not to believe everything you read on Internet discussion forums and magazine articles. The e-market is new, so it is possible a few authors will find sales attractive, depending on the type of book they have. Just posting a book on a Web site is not marketing, not at all. It’s a very small segment of the marketing process. There is so much more to it that you should read about book marketing just so you’ll know what is involved. See our Books for Writers page for self-publishing books. If you work hard, you can sell your e-book, but you will always reach limited markets. The trick is to reach many limited markets and your sales will increase. In the coming years the e-market will be large, but then marketing skills will be required to get your book in demand or be lost in the crowd. You will read a lot of hype about e-books in magazines and other media, but be careful, they will not inform you of the harshness of the publishing st
