If you have a big idea the world needs to read about, you can write a book—but the publishing world is hard to break into and tricky to navigate. What does an agent do? What is a query letter? Do you ...

Before Gutenberg’s press, every book was self-published. Half a millennium later, that idea has come full circle — this time ...

#1 bestselling author & CEO at MindStir Media, an award-winning self-publishing company. Visit mindstirmedia.com to self-publish your book. Self-publishing a book is a powerful tool for both creatives ...

Cindy Kibbe, writing under her pen name C.K. Donnelly, is the author of "The Kinderra Series," an award-winning set of young adult fantasy novels. Like many authors, she self-publishes her work — in ...

Becca Spence Dobias is a 2022 #KissPitch alum and a co-host of the Indie Writer Podcast. Her first novel, “On Home,” came out in 2021. (Courtesy of Becca Spence Dobias) In getting ready to ...

Well, some of the biggest names in the industry today have self-publishing features. Both Barnes and Noble and Amazon have their own self-publishing platforms, Barnes and Noble Press and KDP Amazon, ...

Getting from the concept or idea of a book you’d like to write to a finished product is a long journey, and like any journey, it begins with some simple first steps. To help you get started, here are ...

The history of self-publishing, like that of publishing itself, is a history of access. Who has the opportunity, skills, and resources to write, design, lay out, print, and distribute a book? And who ...

Jonathan Bailor, 38, is a NYT bestselling author and startup founder based in Seattle. His book "The Smarter Science of Slim" — now "The Calorie Myth" — was picked up by a literary agent. This is his ...

In getting ready to self-publish for the first time (my first book was through a hybrid publisher), I am facing shame about not having a traditional publishing deal. I shouldn’t, and neither should ...