Small and Independent Press Books discussion

Scott Stabler is a self-published (Xulon Press is a printing service, not a publisher) Goodreads author, though he's not actually very active here. His epic fantasy The Knights of the Dawn King was published in 2011; IMO, it's a good addition to the ranks of contemporary high fantasy and Christian fantasy. (It was actually the first volume of a projected trilogy, though I haven't confirmed that any additional volumes have ever been published so far.) My review is here, if anyone's interested:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... .