Here’s something that’s sure to be of interest to those of us who are passionate about independent publishing and all that it has to offer authors: more and more writers, including those who have previously been published in the traditional way, are becoming interested in the idea of self-publishing their next book.

We’ve known for a while, of course, that more authors are becoming interested in independent publishing, but it’s always good to get some new figures to back up the anecdotes and general feeling of a shift in the mood. This time, those new figures come from a survey by Digital Book World and Writer’s Digest. The survey of 5,000 writers found that a third of writers who have been traditionally published are interested in the idea of independently publishing their next book.

The survey also found that out of the hybrid authors it questioned (those authors who use both the traditional and independent publishing models), two thirds of them would be interested in independently publishing their next book.

These findings are interesting, not just because so many authors are now interested in independent publishing, but also because most of them are still also interested in traditional publishing. Issues of distribution, marketing and more are all still draws of the traditional publishers, and the findings suggest that the hybrid model of publishing is becoming more attractive to a wide range of authors who can see the benefits of both publishing options.

You can read more about the findings of the survey here on Digital Book World, and please do let me know what you think about the results.