A few questions about self publishing for authors?

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There are a lot of self publishing companies available to the aspiring authors. Which, if any, have you had experiences with? Which would be the best to use and which would be considered scams and why? Author house, Lulu.com, iUniverse, etc...?

Or do you think it would be better to go with hiring an agent and go with traditional publishing? Which is the better deal for the author?
 
In old times there were no alternatives but now - if you have a little confidence with informatics you can do the job yourself.
I would begin downloading Open Office ( it is free ! )
 
Traditional publishing is ALWAYS a better deal for authors of fiction. The instances where self-publishing is the best path are few and far between and never work for fiction.

Traditional publishing, though difficult, will result in visibility, marketing and financial pay-off that a self-pubbed book would never achieve. Christopher Paolini was a one-off. So random as to be virtually impossible.
 
Publishers usually wont even look at people who have self-published. Self publishing has a very negative connotation.

My advice is to go through an agent.
 
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