I took my first look at Kindle Direct Publishing. It is pretty amazing what is available. Used to be that you needed one of the major publishing houses or a small college press to get a book out. Then technology made it possible to self publish at often large ($5000 or more) cost to the writer. Now anyone can put themselves out there on Kindle and perhaps wind up on Audible and work their way up from there. We don’t need approval from the firewall of literary editors in order to get published. We can get it done ourselves.
So, is that a good thing? Mostly yes. I think the cavalcade of words does make it harder to find good stuff. I think the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) does largely promote the power and ideations of Amazon above all. Still, it gives an avenue. I believe that is needed especially when that aforementioned firewall appears more concerned with profitability and movie rights than good stories.
So, am I gonna do it? Yeah. Heck yeah. I have a series all picked out. Just gotta sit down and write that series. I’m working hard to make writing the top non-relationship priority in my life. It is my passion and I want to be able to make it all I do professionally.