6 Ways to Publish Your Own Book. Shevonne Polastre is a freelance Technical Writer who assists companies and non-profits.
She authors FreeAgentWriter, a blog about the technology world. Online self-publishing services have given users the tools they need to create, publish and promote their work. These sites allow authors to bypass the process of finding an agent and pitching to publishing houses, a venture that can take months, if not years. Here are six great sites that will help you publish your work, guaranteeing you a published book that can be sold via different outlets, such as Amazon.
Have another service to suggest? Self Publishing and Print on Demand Company. Modern Book Publishing and Book Culture. Here's a literary parable for the 21st century.
Lisa Genova, 38, was a health-care-industry consultant in Belmont, Mass., who wanted to be a novelist, but she couldn't get her book published for love or money. She had a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Harvard, but she couldn't get an agent. "I did what you're supposed to do," she says. "I queried literary agents. Photo Memory Books by Jostens - OurHubbub.com.