Brummet's Conscious Blog

Self-Publishing = Self-Marketing Written by: Phil Andrews - a freelance English-language content writer specializing in articles, web content and blogging. He is the author of The Best Year Of Our Lives, a  historical fiction novel  set in 1976 about a group of young people growing up in a restless West London suburb beside the River Thames. One of the fiercest debates which has raged in recent times amongst authors, aspiring authors and the communities amid which they move has concerned the relative merits and demerits of traditional and self-publishing. Where once only a lucky, or gifted, few (delete according to preference or prejudice) were able to take the giant leap from mere aspirant to best-selling author, now anybody who is able to follow a few fairly simple instructions can publish and sell their works to a potential market of millions. The word "potential", of course, is crucial here, for the downside of launching one's own work through the relativel...