Softcover is a startup offering what it calls a “frictionless” platform for self-publishing e-books. Co-founder Michael Hartl is an author himself, having written the Ruby on Rails Tutorial. (He’s ...

Amazon turned the book market on its head with its massive library of titles. Then it shifted the industry again with the introduction of the Kindle e-reader, and later, Kindle Direct Publishing. With ...

They used to call it the "vanity press," and the phrase itself spoke volumes. Self-published authors were considered not good enough to get a real publishing contract. They had to pay to see their ...