#1 bestselling author & CEO at MindStir Media, a top-ranked self-publishing company. Visit mindstirmedia.com to self-publish your book. While it might be true that self-publishing a book is now ...

The average print self-published book sells about 100-150 copies -- or two-thirds to three-quarters of your friends and family combined (and don't count on all your Facebook acquaintances buying).

Self-publishing in general is turning the traditional publishing industry on its head, but print-on-demand services, or POD, are making every writer's dream of becoming a published author ...

So you want to self-publish your book? You’re in good company. Plenty of authors have gone ahead of you, working to prove that high-quality books can hold their own in the marketplace without ...

They had to pay to see their book in print. But with the advent of e-books, self-publishing has exploded, and a handful of writers have had huge best-sellers.

His latest book Self Publish, Be Happy: A DIY Photobook Manifesto and Manual— co-published by SPBH Editions and Aperture Foundation—will be released in October 2015. Pre-order it now .

Printing your own book used to be seen as a mark of failure. But now many independent authors, both well-known and relatively unknown, say they're making good money without a publishing house.

Galella selected a different printer—this time in Germany—to do his second self-published book, Pop, Rock & Dance, a three-volume softcover with a slipcase. That too arrived three months late.