Brendon Lancaster has just self-published his first book, Hoodie. He will hopefully be coming to Cyprus to talk  to us about his experiences in March/April/May. In the meantime, here's a link to his experience of self-publishing with Authorhouse:
http://www.brendonlancaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/debut.pdf

If anyone wants to read Hoodie as an ebook, let me know.
Hal