A pioneer of the supported self-publishing industry, Xlibris is a book publishing company created by authors for authors. Xlibris has helped over 60,000 authors publish over 86,000 unique titles. One of its founding principles, which still stands since the company started publishing in 1997, is that authors should have control over their work. Xlibris holds true to this purpose as they help hundreds of authors publish every month in the method of their choosing.