Self-publishing for the academic community

V., Vimal Kumar . Self-publishing for the academic community., 2020 In: The Inclination of Library Professionals to Modern Tools in the Knowledge Era. Kerala Library Association-Kottayam Region, pp. 72-77. [Book chapter]

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Writing and publishing a book has become essential in academic professions. Further those who are also active in the fields of literature, education, research and the arts wish to publish books. Till now publishing a book through traditional channels remained a difficult task. But now Self-publishing the book has become an effortless task with the assistance of digital technologies and the Internet. The academic community and other writers can opt self-publishing mode to publish books speedily and maximize the reach of publications to their expected readers. The paper introduces self publishing system with a focus on various approaches in self-publishing, its mertis and demerits and the different methods of self-publishing in the contemporary ICT environment.

Item type: Book chapter
Keywords: Self-publishing, Open Access publishing, Amazon KDP, Book Publishing, Scholarly Publishing,
Subjects: E. Publishing and legal issues. > EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
E. Publishing and legal issues. > ED. Intellectual property: author's rights, ownership, copyright, copyleft, open access.
E. Publishing and legal issues. > EE. Intellectual freedom.
Depositing user: Vimal Kumar V.
Date deposited: 09 Sep 2020 07:32
Last modified: 10 Sep 2020 11:13
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/40417

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