I have made a success of self publishing. 20 Ebooks - some of which are also print books. I did not have the funds to spend 100 $'s on editors. Also I was not impressed with the response from the few Editors I tried. I meticulously edit my books and exercise patience to produce good writing. I use D2D who format, publish, and distribute ,at zero original cost. They take a % of sales revenue. I also use Smashwords. My books are very cheap because I am more interested in getting my message out than making money. bi