{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Live Limitless with Raam","provider_url":"https:\/\/raamanand.com\/insights","author_name":"raam","author_url":"https:\/\/raamanand.com\/insights\/author\/raam\/","title":"Why You Should NEVER Self Publish Your Book - Live Limitless with Raam","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IyEtJ56xO2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raamanand.com\/insights\/why-you-should-never-self-publish-your-book\/\">Why You Should NEVER Self Publish Your Book<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/raamanand.com\/insights\/why-you-should-never-self-publish-your-book\/embed\/#?secret=IyEtJ56xO2\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Why You Should NEVER Self Publish Your Book&#8221; &#8212; Live Limitless with Raam\" data-secret=\"IyEtJ56xO2\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/*! 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It&#8217;s easy to get lured into such arguments. Many people have taken to this method and tell you that it has worked for them. But look at the most successful authors in the world. 99% of them are not self published. They are all backed by a rock solid publishing house because they need help, support, and a vast distribution network. Those in favour of self-publishing aren&#8217;t looking for readers. They are just happy to add the word &#8220;author&#8221; to their profile, even if no one ever reads their book ever. Now, let me explain&#8230;. there are three ways to get your work published. Number one &#8211; Self-Publish (where you do everything on your own) Number two &#8211; Find a traditional publisher, easier said than done. Number three &#8211; Work with a hybrid publisher&#8230; Best of both worlds! Publishing through proper channels might save you a lot of grief now and many troubles in the future. If you are a professional writer&#8230; which means, writing is your daily work, and you have the dedication it takes to make your writing the best it can be, THEN you have a higher likelihood of surviving the world of self-publishing. Most aspiring writers do not.If you are an aspiring writer looking into self-publishing, here are some reasons why you may not want to. 1. Your work might not be ready yet &#8211; Each time you feel tempted to click the \u201cpublish\u201d button on a work you completed, ask yourself: is your work really ready to be read by the world? Are you ready for the critique you are going to receive from reviewers? If the answer to these questions is \u2018no\u2019 then you and your work probably aren\u2019t ready to step out into the word. You want your work to be of a high quality and outstanding from the majority of self-published work. You want your work to be the best it can be. Clicking that \u201cpublish\u201d button as soon as the work is completed without proper revisions or the proper effort shows that you aren\u2019t ready to take on the responsibility that comes with a published author, that your work isn\u2019t ready to be put out there for everyone to see, and most importantly, that you aren\u2019t serious enough to work with publishers. 2. There is a chance your work will never be picked up by a publisher &#8211; Self-publishing doesn\u2019t have the best reputation in the world of books, and neither do the self-published authors nowadays because everyone and their pets have started self-publishing today.Some avid readers tend to not take self-published authors as seriously as they would a traditionally published author. Why? Because traditional published authors usually have the proper amount of marketing for their book(s), they have been established by an agent and a publishing company and they have a higher likelihood to make it onto any of the best-seller lists. Self-publishers don\u2019t have those advantages and their fan [&hellip;]"}