E-book publication? How do you go about it?t Is it better/cheaper than an Agent?

[LauraNb]

18. It's free...

to self publish, you can do it through something like Lulu which is a print on demand system, as opposed to vanity publishing which is a different thing, you pay up front for a certain number of books to be published, most of which end up in a cardboard box in your garage
The publishing industry is changing, more and more authors are choosing to self publish now as it gives them more freedom. As publishing budgets get smaller writers are expected to more of their own marketing anyway. The biggest issue with self publishing is the quality of the editing but then I've read some fantastic self published books and some traditionally published books with some inexcusable typos, so who knows. It's quite an exciting time in the publishing world. But there are quite a few author out there who make a fair amount of money from it, but they have to be really on the ball with publicity etc.