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With the rise of the internet comes a new age for authors and researchers. The internet is a valuable resource for gathering ideas for your work, but it's also a unique opportunity to express your own ideas. If you have an article or even a book that you'd like to get out there, consider putting it on the internet.
One advantage of publishing online is that you are your own boss. You have complete control over how the manuscript is written, page layout, and marketing. Of course, you may not feel comfortable with all of these dimensions of publishing online especially the technical side of creating a web site. It does take time to learn HTML, but it's very do-able. You don't have to be a computer geek. Fancy web techniques like Java aren't necessary. Simple HTML is more than enough and there are many books and web sites that will show you how to do it. You can learn the basics in just a few hours. And there's always the option of getting an experienced web page designer to create the document for you.
There are several other advantages to an online publication:
Accessibility: Anyone with an internet connection can read your work. That's a lot of people. Getting your work listed in the large online search engines so people can find it is a relatively simple process. Having the work online will put you in contact with like-minded colleagues from all over the world.
Revisability: An online manuscript or book can be revised any time you want. It can become a living, evolving entity. If your research and ideas in that topic area progress, the article can be updated to reflect the state of your art.
Multimedia: As we all know, the web has sight and sound as well as text. You can place not only photographs, drawings, tables, and charts into your