This is probably the best way to self-publish your book at the present time. Whilst you can self-publish via the paper method, this is usually very costly with little or no reward. Publish with Kindle at no cost, choose your own price and make a fortune. Well, not quite that. It is easy to publish with Kindle, just upload a cover image and the book itself, along with burb, synopsis and you're off. However you are restricted by the price you can charge, the minimum price is about 75p. There are a lot of disgruntled Indi Writers like myself, who'd like to give copies away free at first to generate interest, but you aren't allowed to.
Unfortunately, the odds are still very much against you. Most authors do sell, but like me only with very modest sales figures. Some like Stephen Leather, Saffina Desforges, Stephen Davidson and a few others have done really well. The problem is publicizing your book. You can do this via facebook, twitter, kindleboards and various Discussion boards on Amazon, but unless you're got the backing of Amazon or a publisher this can be very time consuming and laborious and often it doesn't pay dividends. Obviously it helps to have your work edited/proofread, properly formatted and get a cover done professionally, but in the final instance, a lot of it comes down to luck. And whilst perhaps the majority of books aren't good enough, I can't help feeling a lot of good books slip the net. But all I'll say is don't give up, keep writing, keep publishing, keep sending it off to agents. You never know.
Unfortunately, the odds are still very much against you. Most authors do sell, but like me only with very modest sales figures. Some like Stephen Leather, Saffina Desforges, Stephen Davidson and a few others have done really well. The problem is publicizing your book. You can do this via facebook, twitter, kindleboards and various Discussion boards on Amazon, but unless you're got the backing of Amazon or a publisher this can be very time consuming and laborious and often it doesn't pay dividends. Obviously it helps to have your work edited/proofread, properly formatted and get a cover done professionally, but in the final instance, a lot of it comes down to luck. And whilst perhaps the majority of books aren't good enough, I can't help feeling a lot of good books slip the net. But all I'll say is don't give up, keep writing, keep publishing, keep sending it off to agents. You never know.