Sentences with phrase «not vanity presses»

These are not vanity presses, but what might be called co-op publishers.

Well, that's certainly true in many places, but not all vanity presses provide sub-par services, just like not all expensive indie publishers are high - quality.

Now, when looking for a publisher, you may enter a strange Twilight Zone of companies, not true royalty - paying publisher but not vanity presses either.

That is, until now, which is why I think it's so cool that Macmillian bought Pronoun, which is not a vanity press, but an author toolkit (so far).

And even if it wasn't a vanity press, it still seemed like too much of a financial investment to work with a company that doesn't have that wide of a reach, making it unlikely to offer a good return on that investment.

But you can report them if they're not giving you your books that you paid for or if there's something unethical or if they say they are not a vanity press but act as one.

We are not a vanity press, and we do not accept every manuscript submitted.

Plastic Sugar is not a vanity press.

Kindle Press is not a vanity press.

(or one who is not a vanity press.)

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

Ten years ago, when I worked for Poets & Writers, they didn't accept advertising from vanity presses, and their definition was pretty strict and unwavering.

Yes, some other publishers have vanity presses, but they don't add their brand name to those ventures.

I'm not a big fan of self - publishing, and I certainly want to steer you away from vanity presses.

And they don't encourage authors whose works aren't good enough for traditional publishing to go get printed by those vanity presses.

Around 2007, just when most people were starting to think you couldn't find anything in the publishing world worse than a typical vanity press, Author Solutions proved us all wrong.

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.

It seems like an inexpensive German vanity press — or maybe not.

Just as self - published writers don't like to think of themselves as vanity presses.»

One of the biggest deterrents to self - publishing is not the enormous amount of effort it will take to edit, format and market your own book, but rather the stigma surrounding self - publishing and the closely linked «vanity» presses.

They want to attract people to their marketplace and other services for which they will charge money, but they're not (so far) offering vanity press publishing services.

You don't need a vanity press to print.

I also think most authors are not going to be prepared to license their rights to a publishing service which takes the rewards of an upper - end traditional publisher while taking on obligations similar to a hands - off self - publishing service or vanity press in return.

Writers (often horrid writers, but not all) would spend thousands and thousands of dollars through a scam vanity press to get a garage full of really ugly books.

Don't for one minute confuse self - publishing with vanity press.

Their publisher * name * (not some weird just self publish vanity press) has value to these authors, not to readers.

The vanity presses really prey on new writers who don't have the information they need to make a good choice for themselves.

Adsett told Weekly Book Newsletter (WBN) that the aspects of the contract she was most concerned about were not replicated in commercial publishing contracts or in «common vanity press contracts».

Writers aren't stuck with the old vanity presses that took your $ $ $ and gave you a printout with a cardboard cover in return.

Newby's terrible printing of Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, with many editorial and presentation errors, and underhand behavior, only goes to show that vanity presses trying to turn a buck out of self - publishers hasn't changed in 200 years!

In the same spirit, anyone who isn't a purely traditional publisher must battle the «vanity press» stigma.

E-book technology has helped make indie publishing a genuine power and a viable option, but there are still indie writers — not victims of vanity presses — who also list on places like Lulu out of respect for the small but definite market sales they can get from paper book readers.

They don't have the obligation to do anything that would undermine it * in their own minds, * even if other people say «Hey, what right do you have to limit my exposure to vanity press (i.e. xylitol)??»

If you don't want to learn the business and just want to «be in charge» and have some money you don't mind wasting, you might be best sticking with the vanity presses.

The overwhelming majority of the people that I run into who have any experience with one of these vanity presses not only know nothing about how publishing works, but need to be completely «deprogrammed» and made to start all over or it just doesn't work.

This is not self - publishing, this is a cleverly disguised vanity press.

Paying a vanity press to print your book is not publishing or self - publishing.

We are not self - publishers, nor are we a vanity press, or any one of the many other labels used for them today.

Unlike the vanity presses, the corner copy shop does not take ownership of anything of yours unless you don't pay your bill.

Therefore, it is better to think of vanity presses as self - publishing service providers, not publishers.

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.

Thank you for the info Vinny, now I think I see, You'd like a blog about marketing from lil» ol' me, Promote only when you are in a happy mood, And never promote your books by being far too rude, Try to make your posts interesting, clever and funny, And try not to part with a large amount of money, Now I feel there is one thing I should stress, Never go and give your cash to a vanity press, Blog, tweet and update your Facebook status as often as you can, Make contact with other authors and befriend your only fan, Be courteous, considerate and always be kind, And you will slowly find, You'll get people interested and make them all see, Especially when you give your book away for free, Sit back, relax and be rather nice, And always think about the price, People will not part with their cash unless the price is low, Particularly for an author they do not even know, Always remember to write purely for fun, Never think that your profit will be a huge great sum, And pray for exposure to the lord above, Because self - publishing is a labour of love,

Don't be fooled by the empty promises of the various vanity presses that lurk out there on the Internet.

People who publish with vanity presses are not likely to make money; people who publish in a commercial fashion have the intent to make a profit (and I do).

I think when you say self publishing, you are refering to vanity presses, which is not indie publishing.

Oh, that reminds me — Hasn't Author Solutions bought up most of the «vanity press» companies?

· Writer's Digest owned vanity press, Abbott Press (note: WD divested themselves of Abbott in 2014; guess that wasn't such a great idea after all,press, Abbott Press (note: WD divested themselves of Abbott in 2014; guess that wasn't such a great idea after all,Press (note: WD divested themselves of Abbott in 2014; guess that wasn't such a great idea after all, eh?)

David Graughan's blog is on industry news, helpful post in book promotion, and frequently about avoiding vanity presses that don't offer a good value for your money like the one owned and used by a number of the big 5 (author solutions).

I know I'm going to make some people mad when I say this, but 95 % of the authors who self - publish or work with a vanity press only do so... because they don't know how to get a real publisher (or they're afraid they won't be able to).

I guess RWA might restrict it to romance titles, so that Random House can't drag in every title they publish (and that assumes that they are deemed to have a vanity press, which is not a clear cut thing).