Being able to start a career as an author Among the advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing a book, this seems to me to be the most important: the possibility of starting a career as a writer, or as a recognized author in a certain field of activity (such as business or university).
Nobody publishes a best-seller overnight… But norway mobile database with a first title you can position yourself as an interesting author, publish a reissue of your first book or go straight for the second, form a community of followers around your name… And why not, eventually attract the attention of a major publisher, sign a contract and then, yes, see your books on the new releases table of an important bookstore.
You'd be surprised how many established authors self-published their first books. From Jane Austen, Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf and Jorge Luis Borges to Margaret Atwood and EL James (author of Fifty Shades of Grey). Disadvantages of self-publishing a book 1. The investment is the responsibility of the author why most authors give up on self-publishing: because they expect the publisher to pay for everything.