I've been a self - publisher for a year now,and have written 8 books,six of which are available for sale,and another 2 I'm in the editing stage,and I'm currently working on two other books,both in the composition phase. It is hard to get noticed for your books as a self - publisher because,based on your self - publishing company,because you are responsible for promoting and marketing your book,but if you have limited resources, then you're really "up a creek",as they say.