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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. This page lists the best-known of such companies. It is not an ...
[1] [self-published source?] Libsyn also served as an early host for video, Tikibar TV, making them the first, and still one of few podcast hosting companies that support video distribution. The company today supports distribution to YouTube. [2] [self-published source?] In 2006, Wizzard Software Corporation acquired Libsyn — creating Wizzard ...
Lulu Press, Inc., doing business under trade name Lulu, is an online print-on-demand, self-publishing, and distribution platform. By 2014, it had issued approximately two million titles. [1] The company's founder is Red Hat co-founder Bob Young; he also was CEO for many years. [2]
Nebula is a video-on-demand streaming service provider.Launched by the Standard Broadcast content management agency in 2019 to complement its creators' other distribution channels (primarily YouTube), [2] [3] the platform has since accumulated over 680,000 subscribers, [1] making it the largest creator-owned internet streaming platform.
OverDrive, Inc. is a worldwide digital distributor of ebooks, audiobooks, online magazines and streaming video titles. The company provides digital rights management and download fulfillment services for publishers, public libraries, K–12 schools, colleges, universities, corporations, legal industries, and formerly retailers.
The deal allows Blurb-designed books to be sold and distributed on the Amazon platform. The partnership enables self publishing on the platform with a 15% cut on Blurb books. [5] Amazon agreed to the fee to access Blurb's authors. In May 2014 Blurb acquired MagCloud, [6] a self-publishing platform for magazines, under a licensing agreement from ...
Xlibris is a printing and distribution service that produces hardback and paperback books. [2] It also publishes e-books in several formats. The company was acquired by a supported publishing company, Author Solutions, Inc., on January 8, 2009. [4] Prior to that, 49% of the company had been owned by Random House. [2] [5]
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]