In
comparing hybrid publishers with vanity presses, it's important to note that vanity presses are not selective in what they publish, nor are they set up to be.
Not exact matches
Another self - publishing frontrunner, Hugh Howey, who breaks his silence after a survey done by Digital Book World shows how self -
publishers earn
comparing how 1.8 % of them only made $ 100,000 with 8.8 % of traditionally published authors and 13.2 % of
hybrid authors.
One way would be to
compare hybrids with those who have been traditionally published, as both groups represent the top fraction of two different freely made decisions: the decision to either query an agent /
publisher or to self - publish.
The last outstanding point why
hybrid authors gain popularity is the increasing revenue they can reap as
compared to self -
publishers and traditional authors.