Even to make a profit, self-publishing through a print on demand company is better tahn giving all the money to a publisher.
Put differently, with a publisher he might get a dollar or two per copy sold and he’ll still be expected to go out and do signings and stuff to promote it.
Through self-publishing, he can make all the profit for all the work. That’s why I self-publish. If I have to do the work of promoting it, I’m going to make all the profit. Screw the publishers.
Lyle