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[Guest]

I'm curious about how many people have self-published their own book. How has your experience? What self-publishing company did you use? Have you been able to get your book stocked in book stores?

[editorinchic]

My friend self-published his book last year and never had any problem at all. The whole production process took about 3-4 months.

You can check out www.xlibris.com

[Dark_Death]

id like to... but i live in a part of the world where publishing something is nearly impossible

[editorinchic]

it wouldn't be impossible if you set your mind to it. 

[Dark_Death]

not in the little town of granby missouri

[caribanagirl]

I know a couple of people who used Authorhouse, Lulu and Publish America.

It's not impossible to publish a book.  You just google book publishers and you'll get a host of self-publishing companies and traditional publishers from all over the United States.

[editorinchic]

The good thing about self publishing is that you happen to have full control of your book's publishing.

[Guest]

I recently heard a few professionals in the industry call self-publishing "career suicide".
Doesn't the fact that you self-published your book kind of tell people "my book wasn't good enough to hold the attention of a publishing company, so I published it myself"?? Not that I necessarily agree with that but I would think some readers (or potential agents/editors) might see it that way.

I dunno... I guess it's a good last resort AND its probably a great option for those who refuse to change anything about their writing. They would have all the freedom in the world.