Who Needs Publishers?
Self-publishing is officially a phenomenon. Anyone who has a story to tell and wants to bypass (or ignore) months of rejection letters can simply self-publish. The practice has led to best-seller status and multi-book contracts from publishers for authors of street-lit. Self-publishing allows the writer to be book designer, editor, salesperson and finally, published writer. With print-on-demand technology, the days when you had to order hundreds of books from a printer or book packager are history as well. Now, for $150 an anxious author can print as few as ten copies while you wait. Services like Lulu.com allow you to sell your book for free and charge commission on units sold.