I guess someone needs to create a new online publisher that would somehow rival Amazon and other established publishers, get a rep for only publishing high-quality stuff. No easy thing, I know, but surely someone with the business sense and skills could do something like this?

YES! we can do something together.

I do want to be paid for my story. And I don’t want to give it away for free, just to get exposure for the next story that won’t even be ready for another year. I’ve recently come across (and bookmarked for future reference) a publisher that only does e-publishing and the author’s rate is 40% of sales. I’m assuming that’s probably a pretty good royalty, given that the publisher still has to do the cover, editing, and sales part of the equation. But I still worry.

It might be a little early to be worrying, since I’m just at 40,000 words, but when I finish it, I’d love to know what a reasonable royalty structure is using an e-book publisher. I’m not sure I have the business acumen to go full throttle into self-publishing and self-promotion.

So… how does one split the difference between traditional publishing and self-publishing?