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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ostlander" data-source="post: 3401452" data-attributes="member: 50768">Nah it's not personal at all.They publish without cost to me and I get a $1 advance to seal the deal. The royalties are quite generous, but I have to do most of the pimping of my work to get it on the shelves of local book stores. Availability is secure online though. I guess if every book published was available in a store, the stores would have to double their size every week or something. The bookstores have to be selective due to space restrictions.Writers don't get rich that's for sure and the idea of pimping my own work is a ghastly thought, LOL. I even write under a "pen name" to avoid any possible hassle in public; in the event that more than three people read the thing when it hits the market.Currently it's in the cover design phase and I dread dealing with the artists...herding cats comes to mind!Another part of the deal I didn't like so much; I would have rather did my own cover art, but that's a no no. I can have all the pics I want INSIDE, but the cover art is soley my publisher's domain.</blockquote>