Online Book Self Publishing

Using Create Space for Online Book Self Publishing

“A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.” Daniel J. Boorstin

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The world wide web has become a commonplace directory of all things. Period. There is no escaping the fact. According to (http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm) the world total for internet users is 2,267,233,742. That is a lot of billions! The latest world population total is over 6 billion. That means to me that the little ones growing up now possibly total 3 billion of that 6? As an aspiring writer, I still have an “old school” view of books. And even considering online book publishing sends chills up my spine. Sure, most of the sites have disclaimers regarding ownership rights remaining with the authors, but, do I want to take a chance that somebody out of 2 billion people is going to “rewrite” my stories and tweak them just enough to eek by my copyrights? By nature, I am not a trusting individual. Online book publishing is an interesting concept, however for those who think that “post your book online for free” doesn’t come with a catch somewhere. It apparently appeals to 91,200,00 hits on my engine search for “Publish your book online.” (http://www.booksie.com/) At this site, booksie.com, as I read the parameters for posting a book, there was a statement regarding the fact that anybody who posts on this site can edit works. What? Maybe I didn’t read it correctly but really? I logged into their Facebook page and noticed a large amount of the posts were from the booksie administrators themselves. Apparently, their www website has a lot of bugs and is hardly ever functioning correctly. When I am ready to self publish a book, it will not be for free online publishing. There are reputable sites such as https://www.createspace.com/ through Amazon.com that can assist me with creating a work that will be legitimate. And I can have hardcopies printed. Because holding a book is a tactile experience that you can’t have with an e reader!