>>>>You should ask him how many he has sold for money and not self-published. That might be a better question.
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>>>What's the difference between selling books you self-publish and selling books you have a printing house do?
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>>The difference is publishing houses select the best from many. Anyone can self-publish. All you have to do is pay some money and then you're an "author."
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>Publishing houses don't necessarily select the "best". They select what they think will sell.
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>Are you saying Jameses book is self published and that that makes it not so good..

I think it is heroically self promoted. He posted an excerpt and I was not impressed. And I will leave it at that..