Thank you for the kind words
For those who aren't sure how involved self-pubbing your book would be, I can tell you that if you are willing to just use Amazon as your exclusive outlet, it's extremely simple to get your book out there. Just sign up for a Kindle Direct Publishing account (KDP) and follow the steps they outline. I've even completed these steps myself for some ex-Musa authors who didn't want to get involved in that process. And CreateSpace is the easiest platform for doing print on demand versions.
Getting your book into other sites is a bit more cumbersome, but still not overly difficult. Publishing your book to iTunes is the worst, because Apple makes it difficult for non-Mac users. The easiest way to get a book up there is to just go through Smashwords, which will also get your book on Barnes and Noble and a bunch of other smaller sites. What I dislike about Smashwords, as a designer, is that they really limit your freedom to design the book the way you want.
Most of the self-pubbed clients I've worked with have just done Amazon because it's simple and you get a much higher royalty with them if you are exclusive.
Just food for thought. Also, feel free to pass my offer along to any other Musa authors you know who aren't on AW. I have no mechanism for sending out a blast email, but I'm willing to help anyone who wants to self-pub their ex-Musa book.
Note, I can still help you if your book was done after I left, but you'd need to provide me with a clean, final Word file and it would be a more laborious process, so not as cheap
For those looking to create their own covers, Depositphotos and Dollarphotoclub are two inexpensive stock sites that I use frequently as a designer because their credit costs are very low (as compared to iStock, Shutterstock, or Dreamstime). They don't have as much variety or highest quality images, but I almost always find what I need at one or the other.