I'm a book editor at Schiel & Denver Book Publishers. We also have offices in the UK, and essentially make it possible for an independent writer to become a published author, while keeping all their publishing rights and staying in control of the process. It takes about 3 months to publish a new book, and after that time the book is available in Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders - saleable from both the physical real-world bookstores (brick and mortar) and online. We also offer editing, book marketing and web design services, which are proving to be very popular with novelists.