Self-Publishing Puts Control in the Hands of the Author

I've been following the book publishing industry for many, many years. So I know about the difficulties in finding an agent or a book publisher who wants to publish your book.

In 1992 the Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION that I co-wrote with Rabbi Karen L. Fox was published by Perigee, an imprint of Putnam. Karen and I had to do most of the promoting ourselves.

Thus I was not deterred when, in April 2008, I self-published my novel MRS. LIEUTENANT through BookSurge, then a...