Is self-publishing accepted more in Egypt?
Self-publishing in Egypt doesn’t quite carry the stigma it does in the U.S. and other parts of the world. It appears just the opposite, that traditional publishing carries the negative stigma. I found this article Self-publishing in Egypt: Vanity? that explains:
But here in Egypt, many serious authors self-publish, or do something much like it…but most serious young writers slog and toil and then slog and toil some more, getting their book printed, shepherding it into bookstores, and getting it sold. Much of it on their own dime.
This almost makes it seem like the “slog and toil” of getting their books into print and then selling them to bookstores is a rite of passage. And self-publishing commands much more respect than sending off a manuscript to a traditional publisher and having them do most of the work.
Compare that to the US, for example, where the stereotype of the self-published author is that he/she is not good enough of a writer to get a traditional publishing contract. That is slowly changing, in part do to the rise of ebooks where authors can distribute their novels to a large audience via the internet, with no need for a traditional publishing house.
Also, in Egypt there is a “middle ground” between self and traditional publishing:
According to a piece about self-publishing in Daily News Egypt, there
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