When we think of book publishers most of us surely think of the tall, fancy buildings lining Madison Avenue in New York City; in which important and powerful book publishers make a multitude of daily decisions that will ultimately affect what we will see on our bookstore shelves.

But with the advent of the Internet and the evolution of technology, the book publishing world has changed dramatically. And as a result writers have changed the way in which they approach writing and publishing. Self book publishers now offer comprehensive websites where writers can upload their work and decide between a variety of options that will ultimately customize their books. There is no fancy building with a cityscape seen through the window; there are no book publishers whom writers must convince of their book’s worth; and there is no wait time required to see their work in print. Instead, the self book publishers of today have brought the modern book publishing house into the living rooms of writers nationwide. And the computer has changed the playing field so that writers no longer have to wait for the publishers to tell them yes or no, or wait for a literary agent to accept them into the fold so that they can ultimately represent them to the book publishers.

Better still, online self book publishers put writers in control of their own creative process and how the result of that process will be presented to the world.

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