Nobody wants to say it, but it’s true. And it’s been true for about as long as affordable electronic tools have made it possible.
You are already a publisher.
Everyone in the entire world is already a publisher if they wish to be.
You don’t need an expensive how-to-become-an-author program or service. You can become not only an author, but also a publisher, at your very own pace.
It will take you a while. It SHOULD take you a while. Don’t be in a rush. Make small investments over time. Take your time and get it right.
Because guess what? The marketplace is now global and distribution has become frictionless.
So forget about complicated distribution channels and publisher infighting. There is a better way. Create your own distribution channels.
Above all, be thoughtful, because thoughtfulness will become a more valued commodity as the world becomes increasingly designed to sell you what you already possess.
If you read my work, you already know the kind of advice I am prone to give on this topic.
But let me round up my best resources here for you, just in case you are new around here.
The Writer’s Workout describes the trajectory from wannabe to professional writer, because if you want to be a publisher, it helps to be a successful writer first.
6 Ways Micropublishing Strengthens Your Author Career helps us all understand what micro-publishing can do for writers and authors.
And Permission Granted will help you take your power back from the powers that have dominated publishing for the past couple centuries. Because you will probably be scared, at first.
We need to shift our thinking about publishing from: “They own it” to “We own it.”
Once we do, everything about publishing will finally change for the better. But probably not until.
Not until we all wake up and realize that we have been sitting at the banquet with a heaping plate of delicious opportunities right in front of us.
Wake up.
Wake up.
Wake up.
You are already a publisher, and this has been the case for some time now.
Take a bite. You’re allowed.