In the consumer market, this growth is especially strong among first-time authors as an affordable and easy way to get a book into print.

As a first-time local author this shop has shown me support and provided advice at a time I needed it most.

"I think this will become more and more common, because first-time authors need help," she said.

It's original that you have a 55-year-old first-time author who actually wrote it himself.

"For a first-time author, it's so difficult to get published, but small presses provide that means," she said.

Lee Child, the talented first-time author taking us on this trip, knows what he's doing.

About 40% of the work published is from first-time authors, making it a popular venue for new voices in literature.

Aya has been considered a success especially for a first-time author.

He has also become a first-time author in retirement.

A typical advance for a literary novel by a first-time author would barely meet the cost.