Self-Publishing: Where to Start?

The overwhelming world of self-pub.

A reader asks:

ON SELF PUBLISHING — HI WHERE DO I EVEN BEGINNNN?? It's basically a whole new world of publishing, and I am a complete noob. Where should I begin my research? Is there a site like Absolute Write, but for self publishers? Where did you begin?

Oh, I can see why you’d feel overwhelmed! Self-publishing is entirely overwhelming, and the SP wo…