A Writer’s Long Experience in Self-Publishing

So, I was surfing a little this evening, when I came across a series of articles by John Spivey from BlogCritics.org.  In it, John spends pages of writing to discuss a bit about his writing life, and how he came to self-publish a book of his.

The series provides some pretty solid information, but you should be prepared to sit back for long ramble sessions in between tips. If you’re willing to do that, you may gain a thing or two from his posts.

There were a couple of statements that I found interesting, including this one:

“The fact has been bandied about that 80% of the U.S. population wants to write a book.”

Do you think this number is accurate? I absolutely had no idea that this many people actually want to write. I also wonder how many of that 80% actually do write; maybe 1%?

In addition, here’s a snippet from one of his articles that I keep hearing often as well, and that you should probably take to heart if you’re interested in self-publishing:

“I chose to not go with Print on Demand (POD) services because I wanted my book to have all the qualities of a book published by a New York house. POD books generally start even further back in the pack than books self-published using regular channels of production…”

For those of you out there who might want more information on self-publishing, you should check out this article by John Hewitt, of PoeWar.com, who is giving us the skinny on “Who Should Self Publish”.

Have you self-published a book? How was the experience, and did you find any success in doing it?