Sentences with phrase «examples of vanity presses»

LuLu, xLibris, CreateSpace and AuthorHouse are examples of vanity presses.

Not exact matches

Here are a few common «lack of focus» examples I see amongst founders all the time: — Doing shit that makes them look busy, but doesn't have significant impact — Trying to do too many things instead of one thing really well — Getting things done themselves instead of taking time to build the team — Fundraising when it's not time — Acquiring users when existing ones keep churning — Adding features instead of fixing or removing the ones they have — Having multiple audiences, rather than one very targeted — Paying attention to vanity metrics or too many metrics instead of core KPIs — Following the competition's every move — Obsessing with getting up on TechCrunch (or other press)-- Attending multiple networking events a week

A good example is that many vanity presses have a contract for what can be refunded when, such as you can get editing done, but if you start the process all of your money is non-refundable, even if the writing was not edited.

But that is rapidly changing, and this article is an example of that kind of vanity - press thinking gasping its death throes.

Nwaubani says that in Nigeria for example, most authors are self - published through the «dozens of vanity presses that exist to serve these author's needs.»

Author House, IUniverse, Lulu, UPublish, Xlibris are all examples of hybrid vanity presses.