E-publishing

A: Self-publishing has come a long way in the past 20 years, and e-publishing is shockingly easy.

To get an idea of just how much the world’s leaders in internet search, e-publishing and social networking are worth, consider this: The combined economic value of Google-owner Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook is currently about $1.6 trillion, which is about the same size of Canada’s gross domestic product.

The two worked for the Writer’s Coffee Shop, the e-publishing company that first published the erotic novels that would go on to become bestsellers.

James Marchant, the lead researcher behind a forthcoming report by the London-based Small Media on book publishing in Iran, called Writer’s Block, said with internet and smartphone penetration rates growing rapidly in Iran there was enormous potential for e-publishing to revolutionise the Iranian book market.

“E-publishing in Iran is still in its infancy, and there remains a fair amount of scepticism among writers and publishers as to its potential benefits. Despite this uncertainty, diaspora organisations and self-publishing authors inside the country are starting to find some success marketing ebooks,” he said.