Writing

Yes, a few self-published people have made it big, but they are the rare exception to the rule.

My advice is try to find an agent and then find a publisher. If you can't, and the choice is whether to e-publish or just let the book sit forever in your desk drawer (or on your hard drive) go ahead and do it.

I published two of my novels. One my former agent burned all our bridges with (I feel by mismarketing it to publishers) and the other was just too controversial for traditional publishers. But I doubt I'll ever give up on the other two to put them out myself.

The two novels I've put out have brought me less than $200.00 in total sales. If they hadn't already gone through a rigorous editing process with my former agent and I'd had to pay to have them professionally edited, or if I hadn't been able to do the cover art myself and have a half-decent product, I would have lost money on the whole thing.

Self-publishing (or e-publishing) is a last resort for a story.