Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Tips On Online Christian Ebook Self Publishing Platform

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.

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.

The online Christian e-book self-publishing platforms are specifically created for the Christian authors. These online eBooks platforms make it easier, and more so cheaper; hence, possible for authors to publish their books. One of these platforms used as applications in smart phones and these other electronic gadgets is the Vyrso Android application.

One of the advantages of using this platform is the fact that Christians can seek bible references from these books since most of them contain biblical stories and are written for the purpose of spreading the gospel to both Christians and non-Christians. Given that most of these platforms are availed for free, most content availed is usually free whereby e-readers can access them at no fee.

The first advantage of the online platforms is that they reduce the overall expenses that are incurred if the book was to be printed or distributed around to readers. Christians from all corners of the globe can access them without going all the way to the book stores to purchase these books. Also, through these platforms, a greater range of audience is reached as Christians from all walks of life can access the books from anyplace in the world and this goes a long way in spreading 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.

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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