Every year, more and more books are being published, and it’s partly because of how easy it has become to publish a book yourself. You don’t have to have a printing press; you just need access to a computer! According to Publishers Weekly, self-published titles accounted for 3.5 million of the 4.2 million titles published in 2025 . That’s a bananapants number of books!

That means around 700,000 titles were published with traditional publishers last year, and only a very, very small fraction of them sold well, or even a little. And that’s with a publisher backing them. So, imagine how hard it is to make waves with your self-published book in a sea of 3.5 million books .

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Writing a book is hard work, as is finding a publisher, having your manuscript accepted, marketing it, etc. It’s one of the reasons that authors choose to self-publish their books.…