https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/will-2023-be-year-of-self-published-author/ ARC Book Reviews and Author Services Fri, 12 May 2023 13:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/will-2023-be-year-of-self-published-author/#comment-693767 Fri, 12 May 2023 13:39:47 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8492028#comment-693767 Great post but the date self-publishing started was 1979, when desktop publishing was invented. Therefore, it became more mainstream. Technically, self-publishing has always existed, but with the invention of desktop publishing, everyday people had access to printing books and selling them direct.
In 2007, was when Amazon created Kindle Direct Publishing, allowing anyone to sell ebooks on their platform. Therefore, self-publishing as we know it today, was created.

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