Is it possible for an independent writer to publish and sell their work as an e-book?

You might want to consider publishing the book yourself. Self-publishing is another venue for writers to publish their book and gain control at the same time. There are lots of self-publishing companies out there that offer services that will cater to your book’s requirement.

Average publishing timeline is within two to three months and by that time, your book whether in hardback, paperback or ebook will already be available in market for sale. How's that?

Be aware that for every success story, there are literally about 10,000 failures. Typical sales of all self-published books tend to stay in the 45-65 copies range, regardless of quality and marketing efforts.

That's the hitch. While you may be a gifted writer, you probably don't know how to market and as a self-published author, would be denied access to many of the traditional means of both marketing and distribution.

For fiction, I believe self-publishing is virtually always a mistake. If you want your friends and family to have a copy of your book, take it to a printer, but don't kid yourself you're competing with the authors whose publishers pay them, rather than the other way around.

Yes, and it's possible to have great success in doing so! One of my contemporaries put out a book through Lulu while he was overseas (didn't have the time or ability to find a "real" publisher), and his book sat at the #1 spot on their sales list for a few months. After he got back, my publisher snagged him, and he's now kicking my butt in the sales rankings. As long as you have an entertaining story that will keep your readers turning pages, it can work out.

Hi, my friend Ana wrote and self-published her book with Lulu publishers (www.lulu.com), both as an e-book and in paperback format. I think it cost her about £6 a copy in paperback to print up and she sold them on for £15 each. They have the facility where you can sell your work on Amazon as well, hope this helps!

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