Tuesday 25 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.

A book that has been self-published is said to be printed by private means. In self- publishing, the author is in charge of designing the book and also determines the prices of the book. The Christian community has embraced this new technology as many Christian groups and also individuals are now putting their books online where the normal e-book readers can access them and hence helping spread the Christian gospel.

Most of these Christian publishing platforms for eBooks are purposely put up for Christian authors; this is a strategy used to ease the publishing of Christian books in regards to reducing the costs involved in publication. Vyrso android application is among the applications that are used in smart phones in as platforms for books publication.

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.

In addition, these publishing platforms make sure that these books are always available all the interested readers for long periods of time. The majority of Christian authors prefer this publication method because their work is preserved and can be accessed generations to come as compared to the printed version where the books become outdated some are lost and others just stop being sold in the bookshops.

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.

Also, the books are exposed to exploitation by pirates where other authors can access work by a certain author and steal ideas from the work to write their own books. All in all, whenever possible, these publication platforms availed to internet users should be encouraged as they are more advantageous and easier to use.




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