I was watching Call for Help today (as I am wont to do), and they had a guy on there talking about self-publishing online, and this sounds tres cool, and right up our alley, since it's hard for unknowns to enter the buisness.
This skips all that agent BS, it's not TOO expensive (99 bucks minimum), and if nothing else, is a start.
Check it out.
iUniverse
And the article from the author on the show, that got my attention.
J