That’s a great attitude to have! The majority of the authors I’ve worked with have self-published, and they were all satisfied with the amount of control they had over the work from start to finish. There’s something to be said for knowing your book is still your book.

Anymore, an author still has to do a lot of promo and get that word-of-mouth thing going, no matter who publishes. We hear about those big fat bestseller deals because they’re rare and worth talking about. But the key word is “rare.” Everyone else is out there workin’ it.