Self publishing...

This month the Mid Valley Willamette Writers meeting hosted Tina Boscha who talked about her journey from traditional publishing to self publishing her work. I agree with her that one big advantage to self publishing is that authors get to keep control over their writing. Until recently, very recently in fact, self publishing was stigmatized. Self published books often had poor cover art, less than superior writing, and authors who pursued this publishing path were labeled "losers!" Not so today. With less than a $1,000 investment Tina, an award winning writer, published her first novel. There is no waiting for rejections from agents, publishers that tie up your work for years. Self publishing means you, the author, take charge of the entire process. Host a web site, gather reviews, hire someone to create your cover design and someone to create a custom web theme, buy formatting softwear. You can publish both in paper and e-book. Love the idea of having this option.