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Updated April 27, 2023
Subtitle
Self-publishing can be a fascinating and profitable way to improve your career, bank account, self-esteem, and business
Synopsis
Self-publishing can be a fascinating and profitable way to improve your career, bank account, self-esteem, and business, all at the same time. It is also a fantastic way to share your experience and knowledge worldwide. Here are ten great reasons that explain why self-publishing is a great business to get into.
What You Will Learn
1. You will learn ten reasons to consider self-publishing your book now.
2. You will learn why sharing your experiences and knowledge with the world is much easier now.
3. You will learn how and why the many benefits of self-publishing far outweigh the drawbacks.
Introduction
Now, more than ever before, self-publishing can be a fascinating and profitable way to improve your career, bank account, self-esteem, and business, all at the same time. It is also a fantastic way to share your experience and knowledge worldwide. Here are ten great reasons why self-publishing is a great business to get into.
10 Great Reasons to Self-Publish Now
Reason # 1. You Retain Control of Your Publication
This power is probably the most important reason for many of us considering self-publishing.
Reason # 2. Keep a Significant Percentage of the Profits
You should benefit financially as much as possible. As a self-publisher, you can easily keep 45% to 70% of the cover price. You will work long hours to bring your finished publication to the market.
Reason # 3. Get Your Publication into the Market Very Fast
Traditional publishers can take many months to do what a self-publisher can do in a few months – or even weeks.
Reason # 4. Very Few Entry Barriers
A computer, simple software, internet access, a basic business plan, some free time, and a dream, and you are off and running to becoming a self-published author.
Reason # 5. Be Recognized as an Authority and Boost Your Career
A published book is an impressive way to enhance your resume and credibility. Doing so will make you stand out because very few will ever publish a book.
Reason # 6. It Does Not Eliminate Your Chances of a Traditional Publishing Deal
Getting a traditional deal is possible if your book sells enough copies, gets enough publicity, and is a timely topic – but they keep most of the income.
Reason # 7. Traditional Publishers Do Not Have the Time to Deal With You
Typically, their interest in your book will only last several months. Then, they will drop you for more profitable publications. Then, you must take your book and do all the marketing, sales, and promotion yourself.
Reason # 8. Great Side-Business
This desire to build a side business is how most self-publishers get started. They create one book, hoping to boost their career, share their experiences, and get the satisfaction of seeing their name on a book. Some enjoy the process of publishing so much that they then produce more books or start a micro/niche publishing company.
Reason # 9. Stigma Has Vanished
In our fast-paced and changing world, there is always a significant demand for high-quality, unadulterated information from authors who are knowledgeable about what they are discussing. For this reason, many readers do not care if the book was published by one person or a big publishing house.
Reason # 10. The Internet Makes It Easy and Fast
I am sure many of these reasons look as attractive to you as they did to me. Many have a job, career, or side business. Or have a full-time business. All these reasons make adding a self-published book to your resume highly desirable.
Conclusion
I am sure many of these reasons look as attractive to you as they did to me. Many have a job, career, side business, or full-time business. All these reasons make adding a self-published book to your resume highly desirable.
A published book you wrote, with your name on it, is an excellent and impressive way to get more personal credibility and more exposure to the market for everything you do.
It is also a magnificent way to reach out to the entire world and help people by sharing your well-earned experiences and knowledge with them. No person, company, industry, editor, or gatekeeper is stopping you from becoming a published author. What are you waiting for?
Questions to Think About
1. Which of these reasons resonates with you the most?
2. Has your reason for wanting to self-publish changed over time? How and why?
