Sales of e-books are on the rise and as an author, you can be part of the ever-expanding market This article was created by StackCommerce. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through our links on this page. There used to be the stigma out there that self-publishing produces a lower-quality, lesser desirable product, and to some extent, that feeling lingers. While there may be some basis for that, which we will get into a little later, the truth is that there are many best-selling books that have hit the “shelves” of the self-publishing world, and some of those authors are doing quite well for themselves, thank you very much. Thus, it’s not so much the process that could be the cause of the stigma, but rather the lack of knowledge of how to create a compelling read that could be at issue.