Some self-published authors use desktop computers to write the manuscript and design the layout.

My experience was much like that of the self-published author described here.

Duncan has become a self-published author, taking on the role of designer and promoter.

How do you become a successful self-published author?

And occasionally even a self-published author generated some enthusiasm in the exhibition hall.

The question for a would-be self-published author now is just, 'How will I market?'

Marketing is a must for self-published authors: there's an awful lot of material out there to compete with.

Many self-published authors at the time (and still today, I think) seemed to spend months writing their book, then just minutes packaging and marketing it.

But as more self-published authors hit the big time, that reputation is perhaps beginning to drift away.

"Now, I think of a self-published author as an entrepreneur, an energetic soul determined to forge her or his own destiny in the cultural world."