As the term “self-publishing” became more common in the vernacular, the prospect of DIY literature was seen as godsend, bridging the gap between writer and reader, creating a corporate publisher-free utopia. And yet in her article “Self-Publishing, Author Services Open Floodgates for Writers,” Carla King asserts that ever-more common practice may not deliver all we’ve thought it would promise.
When everything from cover design to boxes of neatly packaged books become as easy as the click of a mouse (and the emptying of a bank account), King contemplates whether this market, so praised in it’s beginning, may be loosing it’s rose-colored sheen.
