The power of the press was revolutionary 300 years ago with Ben Franklin and other early American printers, and the nature of the press is revolutionary today with the advent of ebooks and independent publishing. Ereaders, smart phones and tablets can download ebooks in seconds for free, for 99 or more than $9.99 from online bookstores, libraries or mobile apps. Readers can find titles from any genre by most authors in any length from pamphlet to story to magazine to novella to novel to journal to enhanced ebook. And, most any writer can publish an ebook in days across major markets for the cost of a $100-dollar Franklin note. Presented at Minnebar 7, April 7, 2012. http://wiki.minnestar.org/wiki/MinneBar_7 http://wordimage.com/blog/publish-or-perish-or-self-publish/

2. Boston, 1718

3. Colonial Printing 1704–1776
1704
1706
1718
1721
1723
1727
1728
1731
1733
1776

6. Digital Books 1992–2012
1992
1993
1998
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012

7. KF8

8. Book Sales Are UP!
117% 
27% 
76% 
Some Print in Decline
-23% 

9. eBooks made up 31 % of adult books
and 17.5% of children’s books

11. How Many Books are Published?
2010
316,480
2,776,260

12. Self-Publishing

13. “Write without pay until
somebody offers pay;
if nobody offers within three
years, sawing wood is what
you were intended for.”
— Mark Twain
@BPPress

14. http://www.businesswebpagecreation.com/selfpublishingbooks.htm

15. Kindle Top 100 — 2011
18
$1.40
$8.26

17. E-Books Outsell Print Books at Amazon
In a Blow to Independent Bookstores, Google
to Discontinue Reseller Program