Self publishing, by the numbers.

[SheilaT]

5. No. Regular publishing is business. Anyone who doesn't get that isn't paying

attention to very much.

Someone else recently sent me a link to information on the Internet about self publishing, and at least that link talked rather explicitly about the need for good editing of whatever has been written.

If you self-publish and you have no credits to your name, it can be somewhat difficult to persuade anyone to buy your opus. Some smaller bookstores will carry your books for you. Or you can always sell out of the back of your car.

But I keep on coming back to the self-published books I've made the mistake of buying. Simply put, they're not very good.