I'm a self publisher

Checkout the books "the man is radical" and "the man is still radical" on
amazon.com. Self publishing is cool I know some self publishers who said that self marketing and advertising was a bit rough but truthfully I find it exciting and a healthy challenge.
Just like everything in life you got to put the work in whether working for someone else or with someone and or for your self. The way I look at it is that nobody is going to pay you like you pay yourself.