make it worth his while. i hate to admit that he is probably right. my book has a really narrow market by design. there are a lot of books out there on how to research a house's history. while some of the content is universal, those books do not help with the quirky steps which need to be taken in st. louis county. so it looks like i will need to self publish. sounds easy enough; people do it every day. however it is one thing to self publish when you know you have a potentially large audience. and it's another thing to self publish when you only want a 