Congratulations! You’ve sipped countless caffeinated beverages, put in hours of hard work and overcome near-crippling self-doubt to write a book. Ah, but that’s all just the beginning! Now you need to get your book into the hands of readers, which means you need to get it published. Luckily for you, it’s never been easier or more appealing for writers to bypass the hierarchical, competitive mainstream publishing system by opting to self-publish. We would know, because 99designs by Vista has helped more than 25,000 authors create cover designs for their books. We also recently surveyed 1,000 people across the US to learn about their writing goals and reading habits. And we learned you’re not alone: Roughly one in three Americans would like to write their own book one day (another 3% have already done it!). There’s an audience for all those books, too. Even though we’re all glued to our phones, reading is still a popular pastime: 63% of survey respondents said they read multiple times a week or daily.…