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In self publishing, authors publish their own book. It is possible for an author to single-handedly carry out the whole process. However increasingly, authors are recognizing that to compete effectively, they need to produce a high quality product, and they are engaging professionals for specific services as needed (such as editors or cover designers). [3]
A self-published source can be independent, authoritative, high-quality, accurate, fact-checked, and expert-approved. Self-published sources can be reliable, and they can be used (but not for third-party claims about living people). Sometimes, a self-published source is even the best possible source or among the best sources. For example:
The following is a list of companies that provide assistance in self-publishing books or engage in vanity publishing.This list is provided to help editors evaluate whether sources published by these companies are reliable for purposes of including content in Wikipedia.
Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information about themselves, usually in articles about themselves or their activities, without the self-published source requirement that they are established experts in the field, so long as: The material is neither unduly self-serving nor an exceptional claim;
Self-publishing is the publication of media (e.g. books, music, art) by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher. However, the author may engage professionals or companies to assist with various aspects of publication, distribution or marketing.
Self-published works are those in which the author and publisher are the same. There are many bestsellers that are or were self-published works, such as The Joy of Cooking and some all-time bestsellers like Fifty Shades of Grey. Therefore, self-published works are acceptable in Wikipedia so long as certain conditions are met.
Self-Publishing Review; Self-release; W. Writer's Digest This page was last edited on 12 March 2024, at 00:38 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The current report does not include all the self-publishers in the list of self-publishers, and is intended as a prototype, but others will be added soon. This lists in the report may include some proper uses of self-published items, e.g. the discussion of market-share by self publishers, etc. Those need to be remedied in future versions.