Optic Nerve was originally self-published in mini-comic format by Tomine himself, and distributed to local comics shops in his area.

Originally self-published in 2009, it soon received national attention and was later re-published in 2009 by HarperCollins Publishers.

The novel was originally self-published but eventually was picked up by Random House.

Since this book was originally self-published in a very small edition, these poems are now always referred to by their later titles.

(2011); originally self-published as "From Lambton to Longbourn" (2007)

It was originally self-published, but upon seeing its success the publisher Asuka Shinsha reissued it, with new artwork, in 2010.

(The stories by some artists here were originally self-published and nominally distributed.)

This novel was originally self-published and only available from Robinson's own website but a paperback edition was published by MacLehose Press in 2012.

The book, which was originally self-published, will also be published in Britain, by Bantam Books, a subsidiary of the Bertelsmann Publishing Group.

His first book, Real Estate Money Machine, was originally self-published in 1981.