So you want to write a book. Great.
If you are like most authors, you would love to have the prestige of a major publishing house behind you–and by “major,” I mean the Big Five–Hachette, Macmillan, HarperCollins, Random House, Penguin, or Simon & Schuster. Or even a well-regarding independent press. Either way, the competition is steep for traditional publishing. It may make better sense to go to the self-publishing route.