Self-publishing to soar after ‘50 Shades’ success
One in 10 of the 2,000 adults questioned by One Poll have already self-published a photo book, cookery book or an illustrated children’s book, with 28% of budding authors planning on joining the growing trend to publish a book of their own this year, research from self-publishing platform Blurb.co.uk said.
Last year, self-published E L James, who wrote Fifty Shades of Grey, was the highest earning author worldwide and 2013 was the year that the number of self-published works exceeded those traditionally published, a spokesman for Blurb said.
