An inspiring story for any aspiring writers out there. Amanda Hocking needed to raise a few hundred dollars and so, in desperation, made her unpublished novel available on Kindle. She has since sold over 1.5 million books and, in the process, changed publishing forever:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/12/amanda-hocking-self-publishing?newsfeed=true
And here's an article on the 20 things you need to know before you try to self-publish:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2012/jan/09/academic-self-publishing-tips
Even the famous Penguin Group are moving towards self-publishing:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/16/penguin-self-publishing
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