Self-publishing
Videos
Self-publishing is an author-driven publication of any media without the involvement of a third-party publisher. Since the advent of the internet, self-publishing usually depends on digital platforms
The original Tristram Shandy, self-published by Laurence Sterne
Comparison of the traditional vs self-publishing process for a non-fiction book
An Espresso Book Machine at a bookstore
An Amazon Kindle
Print on demand
Videos
Print on demand is a printing technology and business process in which book copies are not printed until the company receives an order, allowing prints in single or small quantities. While other indus
An on-demand book printer at the Internet Archive headquarters in San Francisco, California. Two large printers print the pages (left) and the cover (right) and feed them into the rest of the machine for collating and binding. Depending on the number of pages, printing may take 5 to 20 minutes.