marketing and promotional budgets. This particularly is the case with new and untested authors. Print on Demand Publishers There is a new trend in publishing that is opening the doors to more writers. This trend is known as print on demand publishing. You need to understand that print of demand publishing differs from publishing on demand. Publishing on demand is a type of self-publishing service. A writer pays a self-publishing house to actually publish the book on demand. Print on demand is part of the process used in self publishing but it is also used by a growing number of traditional publishing houses. These publishers will purchase the rights to a book from a writer but use the print on demand process to get the manuscript into print. In other words, through technological advances, these traditional publishers only print a copy of a book when it has actually been ordered. Through this process, some traditional publishing houses have been willing to take at least some risk in investing in the work of a new writer. Again, it is allowing at least a small opening into the world of traditional publishing for an aspiring author. (As a side note, many smaller publishers are also getting into the print on demand arena with more frequency.) Final Thought By considering the information in this article, you will be in the best possible position to understand what you will need to do if you are serious about becoming a published author in the 21