It’s a great achievement to write a book, and it seems that publishing this book can be more challenging than writing a book. Even world famous writers were rejected before they succeeded.

“Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov was criticised cruelly by American publishers who considered that this story was very inappropriate and one of the publishers even suggested to bury it.

“Lady Chatterley’s lover” by D. H. Lowerns — the novel about the love triangle which is full of erotic scenes was prohibited in Great Britain from 1928 till 1960.

One of the publishers called the “War of the worlds” by Herbert Wells an endless nightmare and recommended never read this book.

For sure there are many others similar stories.

“But we live in a modern world with the internet and Amazon self-publishing service” — you say, and you are absolutely right! Viva nowadays! We have a lot of opportunities; the blockchain technology also creates a new dimension to the whole world of publishing.

Key metrics for publishing platforms

Let’s take a look at a variety of services, and it’s leading qualities which are going to help in decision making.