Karen,

So nice to hear from you :-) Yeah, I've spoken to a number of authors who have received one rejection after another. I'm bracing myself for the possibility. However, royalties are only higher with POD if you're selling books!

My first book is nonfiction. That is selling quite well, particularly if I spend a little bit of money to market it via pay for click. But my fiction book is not moving off the shelf :-( It's a great book! I'm not bragging but I really like it. So do most of the people who've read it, but despite an inordinate amount of time marketing that book, I can't seem to generate sales.

If you look at the Amazon figures for POD authors, the rankings always seem quite small in comparison to the traditionally published authors. I don't know. I just want to give the traditional route a chance, but thanks for the warning about not paying a reading fee. I totally agree.

Hope all is well and that you are approaching publication.

Best, Sigrid