A self - published book can mean almost anything... from what gets spilled out of the
fingers and mind of the author
to the presentation from the local printing shop and sometimes looking like it was put together at the kitchen table with a glue -
stick;
to a vanity press like a LuLu, AuthorHouse / Solutions (known as the publishing predators); or one of the pay the other pay
to publish services that claim
to offer different types of packages / templates for the author
to select from;
to Ingram Spark or Amazon's CreateSpace;
to the author doing the publishing himself with his name or a «looks like a publishing company» name on it (
always recommended).
A self - published book can mean almost anything... from what gets spilled out of the
fingers and mind of the author
to the presentation from the local printing shop and sometimes looking like it was put together at the kitchen table with a glue -
stick;
to a vanity press like a LuLu, AuthorHouse / Solutions (known
to many as publishing predators); or any of the pay
to publish operations that claim
to offer different types of packages / templates for the author
to select from as well as claiming
to do more personalization and hand - holding than a vanity press operation;
to Amazon's CreateSpace and the Ingram Spark (higher quality);
to the author doing the publishing himself with his name or a «looks like a publishing company» name on it (
always recommended).