I forgot to mention a helpful little article by Celina in which she drops this bombshell:
Self- marketing is no longer shameful practice, and Author J.R.R. Tolkien had proven it since way back in the early-mid 1900s when he self-published and marketed what are now his world renowned books.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2014...sure-with-book-auctioning-websites?_mSplash=1