Reading Journal 2 (CH. 4)

3. What are some of the pros and cons of self-publishing on the internet as opposed to publishing news, stories, books, etc. in traditional outlets? Think both personally and professionally.

Some of the pros of self-publishing on the internet could be quite a stretch to even call them pros. One such idea being that by self-publishing you are taking out the middle-man and essentially doing all of the footwork yourself to get your content out there. BY doing it thins way, you are reducing the amount of money you have to put out to get your content into the eyes of the people. While some may see this as a pro, it could also be seen as a con. By going it alone you have to do all of the legwork for your content and while it may be nice to save a few bucks it might take a considerable amount of money for your content to go anywhere.

Another pro could be that the internet makes EVERYTHING super easy to share. By having content that is easily shareable over a vast amount of people it can get to the eyes of people who may never have seen it otherwise. One of the issues with this is that you need to make sure that the content that you are putting out through your self-publishing is correct and/or properly cited. If you use someone else’s information in your content and the vast shareability of the internet makes them aware of it, you could incur fees or even legal action from the source you did not properly cite. Not to mention then your credibility could be taken into question.