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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Jul 31, 2018 17:48:25 GMT
davidgaughran.com/2018/07/31/vanity-press-media-author-solutions/ David's blog is a great resource for learning about a lot of the scams in the indie author community. Not everyone likes him, but I admire him and the good work he's been tirelessly doing to keep everyone informed. Vanity publishers are an especially insidious threat to newbies who want to be published, but who haven't quite figured out indie publishing. They send out a lot of spam emails telling authors they have won contests, or that an agent read their blog and was so impressed they want to publish them. They offer tons of very expensive packages that sound good to overwhelmed newbies who don't know any better. They make imressive promises, steal tons of money, and typically leave the author with nothing but experience and an empty bank account. Always remember! A real publisher pays you. A genuine, traditional publisher does not charge you. If you get asked for money then it's a vanity publisher. And vanity publishers will not help you make money. They will take outrageous sums and basically do nothing for you. If you are wise you will stay far, far away from them!
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Post by rhubarbhead on Aug 1, 2018 2:56:52 GMT
davidgaughran.com/2018/07/31/vanity-press-media-author-solutions/ David's blog is a great resource for learning about a lot of the scams in the indie author community. Not everyone likes him, but I admire him and the good work he's been tirelessly doing to keep everyone informed. Vanity publishers are an especially insidious threat to newbies who want to be published, but who haven't quite figured out indie publishing. They send out a lot of spam emails telling authors they have won contests, or that an agent read their blog and was so impressed they want to publish them. They offer tons of very expensive packages that sound good to overwhelmed newbies who don't know any better. They make imressive promises, steal tons of money, and typically leave the author with nothing but experience and an empty bank account. Always remember! A real publisher pays you. A genuine, traditional publisher does not charge you. If you get asked for money then it's a vanity publisher. And vanity publishers will not help you make money. They will take outrageous sums and basically do nothing for you. If you are wise you will stay far, far away from them! I absolutely agree that David Gaughran does a lot of good work investigating the various pitfalls out there that can await the unwary newbie writer. I think there are a lot of services that charge money for relatively small return, usually ones that involve advertising. I have formed the impression, whether it's correct or not, that you have to shell out a lot of money to get proper exposure, for example through somewhere like Bookbub. But I have never qualified for their services, so I don't know what it's like in practice. Victoria Strauss's blog, Writer Beware, is also a really good place to look out for warnings. Her most recent post talks about HOW PREDATORY COMPANIES ARE TRYING TO HIJACK YOUR PUBLISHER SEARCH |
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Post by possiblyderanged on Aug 2, 2018 13:32:27 GMT
As the late Harlan Ellison would say, money flows to the author. Now, he said that back in the day when there was no other way, but it still holds true today. You don't pay someone to publish you. You can pay for legitimate services, like editing, covers, formatting and the like, but those people aren't publishing you, they work for you. You know, the publisher. :/
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Post by davidvandyke on Aug 13, 2018 3:58:46 GMT
Re: BookBub, that's not a lot of money, considering whet you get. It takes money to make money, when it comes to advertising at scales big enough to, say, sustain a full-time writing career. |
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