Self-publishing's top tier now rivals big publisher scale
A new gauge puts the biggest self-publishing operations in the same size bracket as the largest consumer publishers
Self-publishing used to mean scrappy. This headline says the top end of it doesn't look scrappy anymore. I want the actual methodology before I tell you to change anything about how you publish, but the fact that someone bothered to measure this and got this answer is worth your attention.
Why it matters to you: If the biggest self-publishing players are genuinely the same size as the largest consumer publishers, the category you're operating in isn't the small, nimble one it used to be.
This story ran in the Coral Wire edition of Thu, Oct 8 2026, when the Coral Index stood at 38/100 (Headwinds).
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