After more than ten years of development, self-publishing has been widely recognized and involved in by the libraries in North America. The related theory and practice has important messages for the development of self-publishing service in Chinese libraries. On the basis of case studies and content analysis, this paper reviewed research trends of self-publishing at home and abroad and analyzed the collaborative logic of self-publishing and library development, and six aspects of self-publishing were outlined, including writing training, user communication, copyright supporting, editing & layout guidance, printing on demand and book curation.