Famous Self-Published Works

A New Kind of Science, by the physicist Stephen Wolfram. After publishing many papers in various science journals, Wolfram decided that it was not feasible to make a substantial jump in scientific theory by the typical method of publishing small papers that can discuss only one small aspect at a time. So he published his magnum opus himself.

Nietzsche. When his first philosophical inquiries did not sell well, his publisher ceased printing his works. He found it necessary to buy back the rights n he self-published his books thereafter.

The following are popular self-published books. Credit to: SelfPublishing.com (https://selfpublishing.com/best-selling-self-published-books/)

 

Another list of 34 self-published books:
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