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Self-publishing is the publication of media (e.g. books, music, art) by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher. However, the author may engage professionals or companies to assist with various aspects of publication, distribution or marketing. This page lists the best-known of such companies. It is not an ...
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Companies that provide assistance to authors who self-publish their own books or other media. Note that hybrid publishers and vanity presses do not "assist in self-publishing". They are publishers who take a contribution from the author in order to publish the author's work under their own imprint.
During the 1999 Christmas season, Amazon leased the rights to a defunct imprint called Weathervane. This was Amazon's first attempt at publishing. [27] The titles included Christmas recipe books and others without much market appeal, they were the "creatures from the black lagoon of the remainder table" according to a former employee James Marcus. [27]
The partnership enables self publishing on the platform with a 15% cut on Blurb books. [5] Amazon agreed to the fee to access Blurb's authors. In May 2014 Blurb acquired MagCloud, [6] a self-publishing platform for magazines, under a licensing agreement from HP. In the deal, Blurb has taken over the company's technology and operations.
Originally called Digital Text Platform, the platform allows authors and publishers to publish their books to the Amazon Kindle Store. Authors can upload documents in several formats for delivery via the KDP website and charge between $0.99 and $200.00 for their works. [1] KDP accepts books in 44 languages. [2]
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