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The main tradeoff for me is that--rightly or not--going through a major publisher confers some prestige and Good Housekeeping seal of approval in the minds of a lot of people. So, if you're doing a book for reputational purposes rather than cash, that can be a consideration.

I've done it both ways. But if I do more, at this point in my career, they'll probably just be relatively short ebooks.