If at First You Do Succeed: Self-Published Books That Made It Big

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. 📚 Today is the last day to enter to win a $250 donation for a library of your choice! 📚 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. There is a stigma that if a book is self-published, it must not be very good, and that’s just not the case. An author may not have any connections; they may have been rejected many times, so they took matters into their own hands; they may want complete c...