The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, when the Continental Congress authorized enlistment of riflemen to serve the United Colonies for one year. For more on the history of the U.S. Army birthday, click here: the Army birthday.
With the advent of digital information systems and the Internet, the scope of publishing has expanded to include electronic resources such as the electronic versions of books and periodicals, as well as micropublishing, websites, blogs, video game publishers, and the like.
Why book publishing costs and self publishing costs are less important than paperback book printing or hardcover book printing (hardback book printing) costs... All too often, authors are lured to self publishers by low up-front self publishing costs - but, it's not the cost of publishing a book that ruins your profit, it's the book printing costs!