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Before starting to write an article on a magazine, it helps to keep a few things in mind. First, search for the magazine's article on Wikipedia. It might already exist under a slightly different name than you were expecting. Second, make sure the magazine is notable according to our notability guidelines; otherwise it will probably be deleted.
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]
Only encyclopedia articles are created without a namespace prefix. All pages outside of the article mainspace are prefixed by the namespace followed by a colon before the title, e.g., your user page's title starts with the prefix User: The various namespaces are shown in the table to the right.
Please include with your submission a short biography, two sentences at most, to run at the end of your column, as well as a current photograph, to which you own publishing rights.
But instead of swinging straight for the big leagues with a front-cover feature story, you can submit jokes and micro-stories to Reader’s Digest, which will publish them online and in the print ...
Don't copy/paste wording from your sources; instead, summarize the ideas in the source using your own words. Summarization is more than just changing a few words around here and there. Only add information supported by your sources. Don't add from your own knowledge or expertise. Make sure you show all major viewpoints fairly.
Anyone can self-publish information regardless of whether they are truly knowledgeable about the topic in question. Therefore, self-published works should be examined carefully when determining whether a specific self-published work is a reliable source for a particular claim in a Wikipedia article.
Creating a new article when you have a potential conflict of interest is particularly tricky. In step 8 of the tutorial on creating a new article, you will see how to move your article from your personal space (the draft) to mainspace, where actual articles reside. If there's any question of a conflict of interest, don't move your article.