Netlibrary, for instance, will not accept any self-published titles on its site.

The game marks 5th Cell's first new game series since Scribblenauts was released, and is 5th Cell's first self-published title.

The new imprints are republishing many of the most popular self-published titles, so the chains now stock many more of the same books, increasing the competition.

But after evaluating the sales potential, Ingram agrees to stock relatively few self-published titles, a decision that rejected writers often do not take very well.

Flight Unlimited was the first of three self-published titles released by Looking Glass Technologies.

His first published work, The Time Cavern, was first released as a self-published title in June 2008.

Occasionally, a P.O.D. or other self-published title is discovered by a traditional house.

Fish Police started in 1985 as a self-published black-and-white title by Moncuse through his own Fishwrap Productions.

Later that year, Dynamite separated itself from Devil's Due and began focusing entirely on self-published titles featuring the Army of Darkness franchise.

The Director's Cut edition is Frozenbyte's first self-published title.