Self-publishing, E-Publishing Services, and What's Best for You...

I have a friend who writes non-fiction. He's been writing non-fiction (inspirational material) for many years. He even had a few books pubbed through a vanity press about twenty years ago and it turned into one of those nightmares where he got ripped off and never sold any of his books. That used to happen often. And it wasn't an inexpensive mistake. Self-publishing used to be referred to as vanity publishing and it could cost thousands of dollars. My friend lost over four thousand in his ven...