As one who is writing a novel, I have mixed feelings about self-publishing books.  On one hand, there are too many people who think they can write and have an intriguing story to tell. Unfortunately that’s not often the case. However, sometimes you’re surprised and you come across a self-published book that’s remarkably good and you wonder why the hell was it rejected by agents?  

For me, I’ll go through the traditional route. If I’m turned down too many times that my ego is completely shot, maybe I’ll self publish. Or I just might serialize it on another blog.

In any event, here’s some scoop to share from the New York Times. The title is linked to the original story.

 

Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab

By MOTOKO RICH

The point may soon come when there are more people who want to write books than there are people who want to read them.