Writing has traditionally been considered a solitary craft. You wrote you article or book in seclusion. You submitted it to an editor or publisher and prayed it would be published.

Along comes Internet and monsters out of cage. You now have ability to self publish your work. You can throw up a Blog, hook up to an RSS feed and syndicate your writing.

You can form online communities with other writers. Readers can give immediate feedback on your work. You can promote your work in virtual book stores such as Amazon.

The Internet has become a writer’s paradise.

With advent of Internet, you no longer are limited as a writer,. With a little research you can become a writer/publisher. Think of possibilities.

Every word you write can travel globe in blink of an eye.

Why would you want to be a publisher?

* You can make money before your book is even written.

Before Internet, writers had to find ways to support themselves while working on their novels or stories. Now if you’ve got a book that will take any length of time to complete, you can still make money by joining affiliate programs for books by other authors.

* You can start an online newsletter.

What an advantage you have over writers of past. With your newsletter, your readers get to know you and your work. You have a waiting audience for day your book is released.

* You can start your own Blog.

You can plug your Blog into an RSS feed and your work can be accessed on entire network.

* You can start your own affiliate program.

Sites such as Clickbank take hassle out of having an affiliate program. They process orders and pay commissions to your affiliates. It’s a turnkey system for under $50. Your affiliates are an army of salesmen ready to promote your work around globe. They can reach more markets than you could on your own. It’s leverage in action.

1. You'll brand your web site, business and yourself by submitting articles to ezines. You could include your name, business name, your credentials, web site address and e-mail address in your resource box.

To find publisher you can submit your articles to, you can simply visit Google and enter a keyword phase that describes your target market (e.g. business owner) plus work newsletter or ezine: +"business owner" +newsletter

2. You will become known as an expert on topics you write about. This will give you and your business extra credibility which will help you compete against your competition.

3. Your article might also be placed on publisher's home page. If they publish each issue on their home page this will give you some extra exposure.

To make it easier for publisher, provide also an URL to a web page with your article on it. The easier it is for publisher to use your article, higher chances that they will do it.

4. You might get extra exposure if ezine publisher archives their ezine on their site. People might want to read back issues before they make decision to subscribe.

5. You will get free advertising. This will allow you to spend your profits on other forms of advertising. You could buy advertisements in other ezines that don't publish your articles.

6. You might get extra income from people wanting to hire you to write other articles, books, or even ask to speak at seminars. This is a great way to multiply your incom^e.

7. You could allow ezine publishers to publish your articles in their free e-books. Since people give them away, your advertising could multiply all over internet.