From Amazon to Google Play Books: My Journey as an Indie Author My journey as an indie author began in July 2025 with a simple but powerful decision: I would become a published author on my own terms. I did not begin with a large publishing house, a team of editors, or an established literary network. I began with ideas, determination, and a belief that the stories and books I was creating deserved to find their readers. What started as an experiment in independent publishing gradually became something much bigger—a personal publishing journey that would take me from Amazon, my first publishing foundation, to Draft2Digital and eventually to Google Play Books, where I continue to build my growing catalog. Amazon became my foundation. When I entered the world of independent publishing in July 2025, Amazon gave me the first major platform where I could see my ideas transformed into actual books available to readers. It was exciting to see my author name attached to books that I ha...