Legitimate presses will never make
an author commit to purchasing any copies of the work (though often they do offer authors a discount on copies the author elects to buy).
Not exact matches
Some publishers may require you
to commit to purchasing a large quantity of your own books at a «wholesale» rate that is actually profitable for the publisher and unfair
to the
author.
In fact, some publishers now put into their contracts that
authors MUST
commit to purchasing a certain number of copies.
Like Morrine Depolo said in her comments, I did all of the work myself and the only cost was
purchasing the books.I even went on
to publish books for others through Lulu.for those
authors who are willing
to develop additional skills, Lulu is invaluable.I am satisfied, impressed and
committed.
Many of our online respondents described how the library fit into their book discovery process as a way
to «try out» new
authors and genres before
committing to a print
purchase.