I am curious if anyone has had any experience publishing photo ebooks (epublishing) for sale through Amazon or other such outlets.

I have a fine art project I've been working on just for fun.  The photos aren't commercial and probably would never sell as microstock but I think the project is turning out well from an artistic perspective. 

Also, I don't want to try to sell them individually.  The images are intended to tell a kind of story and I'll combine them with prose and poetry to form a kind of story.  If you ever saw the book "Cowboy Kate" by Sam Haskins, that's a good example of what I had in mind (although my photographs  and narrative are in a completely different style).

Not having a famous name or reputation I doubt I can get a publishing house to print the book but I would like to get it out there.  I thought perhaps I could epublish it as a photo ebook and sell it for some nominal amount, just to try to get some compensation for my time.  If it turned out to be popular, maybe I could get some publishing house interested in it or another similar project.

Any stories, tips, etc.?

I've been thinking about the self-publishing route also. The prices have been coming down substantially for small quantity (5-20) runs but IMHO are still way more than the market will pay for non-famous artists. But the coffee table copies for personal use are a great idea. My daughters do a book every year with family photos and they are very well printed and look as good as if printed by a major publishing house. I think they do it through Apple. Very impressive. It helps that their photography skills, and cameras, are far higher quality than most non-professionals. Still, they're paying $50+ for the books although the page count has a lot to do with it. I've found lots of epublishers. Blurb and A & I Books are two that seem to have lots to offer. I have a 25 image project that would be perfect for coffee table use if I could ever finish tweaking them.

One good reason to print a few book copies is to show at art shows. It helps to establish some additional "gravitas" to your displays. Might even sell a copy.