In The Hindu Rasana Atreya descibes My self-publishing journey, as she turned down a traditional publishing contract for her prize-winning manuscript, unwilling to sign away the electronic rights.
Self-publishing is clearly not as advanced in India yet, at least in the print sector -- most of her success was via Amazon, and in electronic form, with print (on demand) copies too expensive for the Indian market -- but clearly the self-publishing hurdles are getting lower all the time even internationally.
Self-publishing is clearly not as advanced in India yet, at least in the print sector -- most of her success was via Amazon, and in electronic form, with print (on demand) copies too expensive for the Indian market -- but clearly the self-publishing hurdles are getting lower all the time even internationally.