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Cost is the major factor in all of my mistakes.
I simply can't afford a copy editor and I have a problem with editing my own writing. I simply know what I wrote so well I tend to be oblivious to my own simplest mistakes.
That's my bad and I know it.
I've self-published, and I know that bad mistakes can kill an experience, but my main problem was that No One would read my book until I self-published it.
Now, I think I will re-release my book with a disclaimer and an email address to send corrections to so the readers have some input and a way to get a good copy of the finished product.
If I found a copy editor willing to go over my book for free I'd jump at the chance with so fast I'd probably be considered rabid after waiting so many years to have someone read the book.
But to answer the question: Cost is a big factor in a lot of self-published authors choice to skip copy editors. It's not that we don't respect their work, but I can't justify paying someone hundreds of dollars to read my work when I still have to pay rent and feed my family. I could save up for it, true, but then someone always has to have a dentist appointment or something. It just doesn't work out that I have a budget for such things.
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