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An e-book is a type of book that has been written in an electronic manner. This type of book can be read in forms such as via the computers and also the mobile phones. The online christian eBook self publishing platform may offer these books at a price or they may offer them free of charge. In self-publishing, the author does the publishing for himself and does not include a publisher to do the work for him in other words; the publishing of these books is done on a private basis.

Given the fact that self-published books are products that have created and published through private means, author are usually involved in every step which mean the writing part, publishing, and even pricing it when availing it to consumers. With the advancement of technology, various agencies such as Christian publishing groups have adopted this technology whereby they use it to spread the gospel to a wider audience.

These self publishing platforms are specifically designed for the authors, where they can put their books. It is less costly, easier and less costly and more efficient for the author to publish their own books. An example of such a platform is the Vyrso Android application that is found in the smartphones.

One of the advantages of using this platform is the fact that Christians can seek bible references from these books since most of them contain biblical stories and are written for the purpose of spreading the gospel to both Christians and non-Christians. Given that most of these platforms are availed for free, most content availed is usually free whereby e-readers can access them at no fee.

The reduction of overall publication cost is one of the prevailing advantages of using online platforms as printing and distribution is not necessary. This is because people can access these eBooks on the gadgets and as for distribution; the internet is responsible for availing these eBooks to any internet user. For that reason, Christians in diverse locations across the globe now have the privilege to access all sorts of books without having to go to stores which consequently eases the spreading of the biblical gospel.

In addition to that, the books by the authors can be accessed by future generations for many years to come. Most authors prefer the online mode because it can be accessed at any place at any time by the readers. This is in contrast with the printed mode because some of the books may be lost by the readers and in the bookshops they may become outdated and be out of market as the years go by.

Moreover, there are a couple of disadvantages that comes with using these platforms among them being their inability to be distributed to everyone especially the poor who cannot afford electronic gadgets that are used to access these publications. In this case, incorporation both the use of the advanced and older technology is handy as it assures equal distribution.

Last but not least, the use of the advanced technology has brought to rise piracy as more people are able to access these materials whereby some of them use them to steal ideas and use them as their own. However, it has been evident over the past few years how the technology has made stride in making things easier; hence, this mode of publication should be encouraged.