Steal the Sky by Megan E. O'Keefe
O’Keefe’s engaging dystopian novella,The First Omega, is a prime example. Of course, most self-published books should probably never have seen the light of day. And no literary genre has been more deeply affected than science fiction. According to the latest available figures, 1.7 million self-published books hit the market in 2018, an increase of 264 percent in five years. New online tools allow authors to sidestep publishers altogether. But an even more significant shift lies in the advent of self-publishing.
Amazon, of course, has upended the traditional dominance of the mainstream publishers.
The publishing industry has undergone a sea change in the twenty-first century.