Thanks for a really interesting and informative piece, Congratulations also with your book. I discovered Medium just over a month ago and feel very encouraged by the response I've to my non fiction pieces, but I also have a novel that I'd to publish--I've submitted to agents without much luck and I'm not really interested in self-publishing on Amazon. Reading about your experience is perhaps the nudge I need to do something similar. I wish you the best of luck and would love to read updates on how it all works out.