I say embarrassing because I have met a few people who have got themselves a vanity print done, and they now park their cars in the street because the garage is full of unsold copies. One of my aunts, who (at the time) had a cookery programme on her local radio station decided to self publish her cookery book to go with the show. She still hasn't managed to get rid of more than a box full three or four years later. Just because you got it printed, doesn't mean anyone else would want to read it, or even stock it in their shop. I guess selling books to bookstores is as hard as selling your book to an agent in the first place. Shanna :-)