*** Update as of October 2018:
Since I self-published Lazarus in 2016, it has won 5 awards and has been a #1 Religious Mystery Bestseller on Amazon UK since July of 2017. It may slip when a new book is on sale or newly published, but it will go back to the top. I still cannot believe everything that had transpired in two years.
A few years ago...
As such, I failed to understand why it languished in a lowly spot on Amazon’s rankings. I examined it in detail.
Vanity or Independent Publishers: Not the best deal
Vanity or Independent Publishers: Not the best deal
The main reason for its sad performance was that I chose a vanity publisher, (authors may call them independent publishers), who had a mass of titles on its list, and a staff to carry out all the requirements of publishing. I was attracted to the hype attached to its name, supposedly one of the biggest in the UK.