E-book or not to e-book

Need advice peeples.

As you might or might not know – my book The Girl Who Couldn't Say No is with a lovely agent in New York doing the submission rounds there. It's been a while, and no bites yet. It's hard to sell South African stories overseas, so I've always known it's a long shot.

Here's the thing. The other option is to go ahead and self-publish as an e-book – it will then be available online for download. I've had loads of people asking me to do this – but if I do, then it removes the possibility of publishing later overseas as publishers want both the digital and print rights for themselves, which is fair.

So. Dilemma. If I wait for the right publisher to come along – we could publish overseas. Yay!

If I go ahead and go digital now, I lose the chance to publish traditionally, but on the upside, I'll be reaching readers out there in a very immediate way and the biggest plus – I'll be bringing some more money in for our Young Moms Support cause.

Which is very much needed right now.

I've had my chance to be published – had the excitement and the book launch and the woo-hoo. Do I need it again? Or should I rather use this opportunity  to support our cause in more immediate way.

I like both ideas and have been chewing on them for a long time. Our need for cashflow into our group is getting bigger every day though, and even though e-book sales might not bring in THAT much, it will be more than I'm getting now.

I'm not often one for asking anyone strangers for advice or help, but I'm in a quandary and can't figure it out.

What would you do?