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Mr. Ploppy wrote: "What does the publisher do for the 50% that they charge you?"
Simply being published by someone who screens the work they publish is a big advantage. Your work is now in the company of others and will be judged, in part, by that company. And it gives the potential buyer assurance that somebody, somewhere, for some reason saw enough merit in your work to represent it.
Risen gained a lot of "cred" when it went from self-published to professionally published under the Pinnacle imprint. I got the thrill of walking into a bookstore and seeing my book on the shelves (and getting to turn it cover-out!). That lasted for six months, and then it was gone for six years, unavailable in any format. The print publisher only now seems to be gearing up to sell ebooks, and they seem to be following the print book pricing.
I could self-pub Risen again, but I think I'll get more than twice as many sales through a publisher. Which may mean four books instead of two, but my primary goal is just to keep it available.
Jan
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