Online Christian Ebook Self Publishing Platform

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By Luisa Sharpe


An e-book is simply printed book that in electronic form and can be read in an electronic device such as a computer, a cell phone and a Smartphone can also be used to read the electronic books. Some of these books are offered in the internet via the electronic devices free of charge while in others, a price is put on the books so that the readers can access them at a certain monetary value. Online christian eBook self publishing platform can be termed as the production of a book by the author without the involvement of another party, that is the publisher.

Given the fact that self-published books are products that have created and published through private means, author are usually involved in every step which mean the writing part, publishing, and even pricing it when availing it to consumers. With the advancement of technology, various agencies such as Christian publishing groups have adopted this technology whereby they use it to spread the gospel to a wider audience.

These self publishing platforms are specifically designed for the authors, where they can put their books. It is less costly, easier and less costly and more efficient for the author to publish their own books. An example of such a platform is the Vyrso Android application that is found in the smartphones.

The advantage of this platform is that it enables internet user interested in the bible to seek reference from a wide variety of books to choose from ranging from books on living and also books on the ministry as a whole. Some of the online publisher for instance the Excel publishers offer online publishing platform free of charge making self-publishing easy compared to publishing printed books.

The reduction of overall publication cost is one of the prevailing advantages of using online platforms as printing and distribution is not necessary. This is because people can access these eBooks on the gadgets and as for distribution; the internet is responsible for availing these eBooks to any internet user. For that reason, Christians in diverse locations across the globe now have the privilege to access all sorts of books without having to go to stores which consequently eases the spreading of the biblical gospel.

In addition to that, the books by the authors can be accessed by future generations for many years to come. Most authors prefer the online mode because it can be accessed at any place at any time by the readers. This is in contrast with the printed mode because some of the books may be lost by the readers and in the bookshops they may become outdated and be out of market as the years go by.

There are also disadvantages to self-publication platforms. To start with, although these platforms are accessible to a wide variety of people, there are other people especially in third world countries who cannot have access to computers and the phones hence the Christians prefer the printed version of these religious books.

Last but not least, the use of the advanced technology has brought to rise piracy as more people are able to access these materials whereby some of them use them to steal ideas and use them as their own. However, it has been evident over the past few years how the technology has made stride in making things easier; hence, this mode of publication should be encouraged.




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