@jrdepriest "unless you were an established name with guaranteed sales" Exactly. The trad publishers, and before you get to them, literary agents, are VERY unlikely to touch you unless you ALREADY have massively popular books to your name, a huge fan following, and an established brand. I do hope you decide to self publish. I am not rolling in sales, but I get a huge kick out of self-publishing. I am not about to publish my ninth collection of short stories. @Impossible_PhD