Monday 24 March 2014

Top Online Christian Ebook Self Publishing Platform

By Luisa Sharpe


An e-book can be defined as an electronic form of printed journal that are only accessible through electronic devices such as smart phones, computers. Mostly, they are availed in the internet for free while some at certain prices depending on the publisher intention of publishing it which is either making money or empowering readers. Online christian eBook self publishing platform is basically the idea of producing ones book without the help of other parties, whereby one just writes and avails it to the readers.

Here, the author of a book is responsible for the designing of the book and also other issues like determine how much the book will cost. With the moving times, the Christian community from all over the world is adopting this upcoming technology and now the authors can put their books on the internet for e-readers to access them and read them.

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.

This kind of platform makes it possible for the e-readers to access references from the bible and also exposes them to a wide variety of books that include the scripts concerning Christian living to the word that talk about the Christianity in general. There are some publishers for example the excel publishers that offer a free platform for various authors making it simpler for these authors to publish their books.

An advantage of the self publishing platform is that is cuts the cost that would have been incurred were the books to be printed. These costs include the printing and the distribution costs. Also, many people from all over the world can access them hence increasing the number of readers of these books. This helps in the spreading of Christianity to various places all over the world.

Additionally, publishing platforms for Christians have been known to avail their publications to their readers for extended periods of time. In other words, they are usually preserved for readers who may want to make reference maybe something they once read. Also, by doing so; generations to come will be presented with these publications not unlike in the past whereby older scripts have been misplaced and worn out.

There are also some disadvantages that accompany these Christian online self-publishing platforms. First, despite the fact that these books can be accessed by a variety of people from all over the world; there are still some people who do not have access to these electronic devices. This is majorly the case in the developing countries which are not financially stable hence this becomes a limitation is they cannot access the books online.

Secondly, with this online publication, the books are easily subjected to piracy where other upcoming authors can steal originally written work and this demoralizes the authors. Although there might be some challenges facing the online publications, whenever it is possible to overcome the challenges, online publication should be encouraged because it is easier.




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