Book Publishing INTERLOCHEN PUBLIC LIBRARY (Interlochen Public Radio) - This summer a librarian in Ludington was fired for writing book. The book, which took a dim view of certain kinds library patrons, was self published. And the controversy helped her sell out all her copies. But most self-published books never make a blip on the cultural radar. Nevertheless nearly two hundred thousand books are self published every year in the U.S. and that number is expected to grow. © Copyright 2009, Interlochen Public Radio