From The Globe and Mail:

Using a $35,000 line of credit to print the first 5,000 copies of I Am Hutterite two years ago, she has since sold more than 50,000. In its first year, hers was the fourth-bestselling title in the Saskatoon store of bookseller McNally Robinson, and won the prize for non-fiction at the Saskatchewan Book Awards. Today, major retailers are ordering copies by the pallet-load; Kirkby is negotiating the sale of worldwide rights for a new edition with a U.S. publisher.

It’s a nice story. But I’m weary of self-publishing, even in blog form. I think self-publication is fine for someone who has a particular story they want to tell. But for anyone trying to build a career, traditional avenues may be the best route for success…in the long run.

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