/lit/ - Literature

Anybody have any experience with Amazon Self-Publishing?

Does it actually work or does amazon just steal your shit and take all the money while they strong-arm you into producing more novels so that they can greedily drink up the money they make off of your hard work?

Or are they legitimately helpful if you dont want to deal with publishers?

I just got back into reading and I want to write military sci-fi shlock with big guns, giant robots and obtuse political philosophy.