The misconception most people have about self publishing is that it began during the Internet era, and that it boomed with the popularity of Adsense. This is quite on the contrary.
You would be surprised to learn that self publishing is an old art in America. For instance, Ben Franklin is considered as one of the first to do self-publishing. Huckleberry Finn of Mark Twain was self-published, and so were Ulysses, Tarzan, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
There are many other examples of self-publishing in previous eras. The point is, this art of self-publishing has been in existence for quite sometime now. The computer and the Internet was just a powerful tool in self publishing, and it allowed publishers to do self-publishing at a much lesser cost.
Although the Internet has a lot to do with the self-publishing industry, none is as influential as what Google Adsense did to a lot of self-publishers around the world. If you know how to harness Google Adsense, there’s a good chance that you can cash in your online self-publishing campaign.
When Google opened Adsense for smaller websites and blogs that have no or little traffic, they were just looking to have help on their bottomline. Little did they know that this online revolution would have far reaching effects.
In the past, there were a lot of online concepts that were going nowhere in terms of making a profit. With the introduction of Adsense, this enabled online concepts to make a killing in terms of profits.
These days, anyone who has a website can apply for Adsense to have their ads and in no time, the profits will come raking in. Of course website owners need to work a lot in order to have the high paying keywords written for their website.
Perhaps the most exciting part for most online self-publishers is prospects that even with just a few visitors per day, clicking on these Adsense ads can earn them lots of money.
Although we have to keep in mind that Adsense does not encourage us to put up websites or even blogs for money making purposes.
It is important to complement Adsense with other avenues for profit in self-publishing. But what Adsense has paved the way is the introduction of a revenue stream helping websites focus more on its niche subject. This helps websites get more traffic, and get more revenues in the process.