If you’ve ever wanted to see your words in print but can’t wait to be discovered by a publisher, the thing to do nowadays is to get it published yourself. Self-publishing. Don’t wait for someone else to do it for you, get it done yourself, and now.
I know a few people who have used lulu.com to publish their work and have been very happy with the results. If you have a manuscript, all you have to do to get it out there is publish it yourself. You can publish one for yourself and a few for your family; and if you really want to invest in yourself, publish enough to sell and start selling!
Another self-publishing place is blurb.com. You can print your book for as little as $12.95 and if you aren’t too comfortable about laying out your book, they also have a software program that can help you with your graphics, artwork and text to get that truly professional look.
So don’t let fate hold you back, if you have the next great American novel sitting on your desk, get it into bookform yourself!
