Publishing your own book is not free and while Tom and Michael didn’t divulge the exact amount they spent, plan on spending between one and two thousand dollars.

Printing your own book used to be seen as a mark of failure. But now many independent authors, both well-known and relatively unknown, say they're making good money without a publishing house.

Five years ago, printing your own book was stigmatized and was seen as a mark of failure. "But now," says a sociologist who is studying the industry, "the self published authors walk into the room ...

CondéNet invested in TasteBook, a new online service that enables users to create personal books from their favorite online content. TasteBook launches today and was founded in February 2007 by ...