Digital publishing: Getting your book to a potential audience of millions 

They may not be household names, but several Irish writers have made the most of the digital age by focusing on ebooks and other 21st-century formats. We speak to two successful authors and a publisher about the new model 

The digital age has opened up markets for ebooks, audiobooks, print-on-demand, etc. Picture: iStock

Patricia Gibney has sold more than 1.5 million books since her first novel, The Missing Ones, was published just four years ago. It’s a figure which most Irish authors would envy. However, Gibney says she doesn’t have time to sit back and reflect on her success.

“I am so busy writing and doing two books a year, then doing online publicity, I literally don’t have time to stop and think,” she says from her home in Mullingar, Co Westmeath.