The lone author-publisher is normally targeting a highly specific audience. Writers using this site write about anything and everything, from local social history to swimming pools , from the Burma Campaign to Art Therapy . Some are only interested in preaching to the converted, and they increasingly find a congregation that is sufficiently large for their needs when the global population is tapped through the Internet. Now they need only wait, with the doors of their bullion stores slightly ajar, for the big fat bankers to finalise the plans for the electronic transfer of funds. At present it is too dangerous to let your credit card number loose on the Net, soon all that will change and a retailing revolution will result.
Authors can publish their own work.
They do not have to go to vanity publishers, who promise to do everything, for a fat fee. There are now enough support services to provide the intending author with the technical expertise they require. Surprisingly many writers are not anxious to make money. There again the Arts Council could provide some support - but it doesn't. All rights reserved.