It could always be worse--

 And if you think self-published authors are the only ones who don't get any respect, this link via  retrobabble  , who oddly enough thought this would cheer me up: http://www.stacydittrich.com/blog/2011/03/guess-what-dorchester-its-on

Stacy Dittrich alleges (I get to use that word, seeing as she's also a lawyer and all) that her publisher is essentially holding her books hostage, not paying out her royalties, and selling her novels as ebooks even though they don't have the rights to electronic publishing.