I do "solos" given my frustration level with DP -- where I've submitted two really good books but none have made it back out of the system. IMHO setting up a book to go through the DP system aka Content Providing isn't a whole lot less work than just doing the whole book for myself in the first place. Not entirely happy working with myself either -- going it alone is a bit of slog for me -- but my tolerance level for wasting time is about one month -- which is about how long it takes me to make a book while working around various family emergencies -- as compared to 40 months for DP. And with DP nothing happens for months or years at a time -- and then the people there are unhappy with you if you happen to be out of town if and when your book pops off a queue and "goes active". What I wish is that DP had a "Fast Trackers" division of people interested in and committed to turning books out quickly, so that one could see a project from beginning to end. I still proof at DP occasionally when I have excess energy -- but not enough to start my own new book project again!