title: U-Publish.com 5.0: Behind the Self-Publishing Boom, Print-on-Demand and E-Book Publishing
author: Dan Poynter
description: "GREAT NEW BOOK ABOUT SELF-PUBLISHING...doesn't disappoint. Poynter and Snow provide detailed, practical advice on self-publishing..."<br />- Tim Bete, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton<br /><br />"...if you want a quick read and self-publishing information in a nutshell, this is the book for you... The book is written in an easy to follow style and, between the book and the Web site, nearly all of your self-publishing questions are addressed."<br />- Patricia Fry, Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network<br /><br />"Poynter and Snow: a tremendous team. Both are great writers and they know the publishing business, both electronic and print."<br />- Randy "Dr. Proactive" Gilbert, author of Success Bound<br /><br />"An absolute 'must-have' for anyone with a book inside just waiting to get out... enthusiastically recommended..."<br />- Jim Cox, Midwest Book Review<br /><br />"If you are interested [in] an alternative way to get your book(s) out there, this book will get you started in the right direction."<br />- Dr. Tag Powell, National Association of Independent Publishers
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  ## **ENTER THE SF GATEWAY . . .**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Towards the end of 2011, in conjunction with the celebration of fifty years of
  coherent, continuous science fiction and fantasy publishing, Gollancz launched
  the SF Gateway.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Over a decade after launching the landmark SF Masterworks series, we realised
  that the realities of commercial publishing are such that even the Masterworks
  could only ever scratch the surface of an author's career. Vast troves of
  classic SF & fantasy were almost certainly destined never again to see print.
  Until very recently, this meant that anyone interested in reading any of those
  books would have been confined to scouring second-hand bookshops. The advent
  of digital publishing changed that paradigm for ever.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Embracing the future even as we honour the past, Gollancz launched the SF
  Gateway with a view to utilising the technology that now exists to make
  available, for the first time, the entire 