The combination of current economic and business climate factors with modern emerging information technologies has helped to influence many aspiring book authors to look more carefully at the option of self publishing their book. Even more experienced writers are now beginning to publish their own content because they are not feeling satisfied with pursuing a traditional publishing arrangement.

Before you decide to self-publish, however, just be aware that, although the potential to earn a significant income from book sales is very real and many are doing it, the road is fraught with challenges, difficulties, frustration, disappointments and extremely tough competition. If you want to earn $30,000 a month or more from self-publishing, here are some useful tips to take into consideration:

First, make sure that the book you are planning to write is helpful to your readers. It is easier to make money creating a useful, practical "how to guide" that address the immediate needs of your audience, than to self-publish a literary novel that focuses on your talent as an original writer. You have to think not only of a particular topic that will be useful to your readers, but you should also do sufficient market research to determine whether the topic is commercially viable and whether you can offer something better than all the other writers who have published books on the same topic you are planning to write about. Don’t write a book that you are not sure will be helpful to readers. I am not saying that fiction books are not helpful to others, but if you plan to build a profitable business selling books, then it helps if you start off  by focusing on what the market wants to buy, not on what you want them to read.

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