In the past year, we’ve seen more than one epublishing company crash and burn whether it is from mishandled funds, poor business planning; or simply not enough business. It appears that many authors who are epublished are relied upon to do their own advertising and editing appears to vary in quality a great deal. Unless you have signed with a major epublishing house such as Ellora’s Cave, Samhain, Loose Id, and so forth, does it make sense for an author to self publish her ebook?
Benefits of an e Publisher
Most epublishers will take 60% of the royalty of an ebook. In exchange, the publishing house will edit your book, produce a cover of varying quality, and make it available to its existing audience. You also benefit from the publisher’s general advertising.
Costs of POD
Print on Demand is quite difficult, if you think about it. Few stores, particularly the big box retailers, will carry a POD book. The costs of a printed book is much higher for a self published author. For example, according to this book estimator, the cost of a small print run of 500 trade sized books running under …
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