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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/38079
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There is the self-publishing route in which case you can utilize Amazon's [Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)](https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/). Another that I like, though more is required of you, is [Smashwords](https://www.smashwords.com/). However, the act of self-publishing a book does not mean that your book will sell and that people will read it. Self-publishing also means [self-marketing](https://www.inc.com/danny-iny/7-book-marketing-lessons-for-the-self-published-author.html) and there are more posts and blogs on that subject than can easily be counted (unless you are Google in which case they counted 171,000,000 such posts).

If you take the advice of Stephen King from On Writing (which is brilliant and I am fan) you can find magazines and publications that will take your shorter stories (likely not the novel you are writing). For some you might be paid and for others you may just get a few copies of the magazine/publication for free. In both cases however you get get the invaluable "story credit". Meaning you can then state in your query letters, "I've been published by such and such".

Then you can also write for and apply to writing competitions where the winner is published. some are free with good prizes and some make you pay an entry fee. Some are entrant age specific while others are open to all.

Your question however was:

> What other ways are there for me to share my book?

Which we've all turned into how to get launched, how to get published and even advice to not "litter on the web". If you just want to "share your book" you can get a few copies (or as many as you think you can sell) printed with [Create Space](https://www.createspace.com/) and give these / sell these to friends and family. It really depends on what your **goal** is for writing.

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