so there you have it: stoss doesn't self-publish because he's a front-list author, and he doesn't need to. he gets valuable assistance from his publisher... if

so there you have it: stoss doesn't self-publish because he's a front-list author, and he doesn't need to. he gets valuable assistance from his publisher... if you are _not_ a front-list author, and you don't get valuable assistance from your publisher, or you don't even _have_ a publisher, then what stoss says doesn't really apply to your situation, not in the slightest. there you have it. i sincerely hope all the other front-list authors read charlie's article, but i have a suspicion that they're too busy writing to bother with such stuff... -bowerbird