Sentences with phrase «of vanity presses»

A quick article search will give you more than enough reading material on the deceptive foundation of the vanity press industry.

, people who self - published were considered part of the vanity press because they published themselves.

There just was no other dream for writers other than the stigma of vanity press or having a university press take your book while you taught classes.

And changing the name of their vanity press changes its nature exactly how?

It has been that way since the very early days of vanity presses, only now the barriers to entry are lower.

It's important for every aspiring writer to be aware of the vanity press aspect of the business.

I wonder if the comment refers to types of vanity presses, rather than specific companies.

This is perhaps the most confusing arm of the vanity press.

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

If I get the job, maybe I'll change my opinion of the vanity presses.

What is important is that you avoid the dangers of a vanity press.

These are the most high profile of the vanity press list but there are many more.

I'll be the first to admit that a few of the books coming out of vanity press publishers are probably of a higher quality than some of the books that were traditionally published.

I agree we should be wary of vanity presses.

Or they could be newbies who've been taken in by the hype of the vanity presses.

All reputable reviewers, bookstores, and producers will recognize the name of the vanity press.

Most people are aware of vanity press and want to avoid it because it costs so much money.

In order to get around this they launched a number of vanity press imprints, along with consulting websites to help authors find a suitable publisher; only, all of the publishers that the websites match authors to are owned by Author Solutions, and by default, Penguin.

The recent legal action against Tate Publishing highlights some of the worst practices of the vanity press industry.

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

If after reading this you realise that you have been a victim of the vanity press then remember this little piece of wisdom that my English tutor told me when I told her of my experience.

If you have the money, want to see your name in print, aren't particularly entrepreneurial and don't want to do a lot of work to promote your book, you probably fall into that solid 35 % of the vanity press model.

It was the product of a vanity press for which I paid a goodly sum.

We've talked about the topic of vanity presses several times in the past, at length.

FROM RICK: We've talked about the topic of vanity presses several times in the past, at length.

Last time, I talked a bit about what a vanity press is, and I began to discuss some of the aspects of a vanity press that I'm calling XYZ publishing and an author named Bob who is about to fall into their clutches.

I started the day with the «nuts and bolts» of self - publishing (and yes, a short rant on the evils of the vanity presses).

But if somehow there's supposed to be a strong connect between waves and waves of vanity press published or self - published PRINT books and bookstores, I fail to see how, exactly, it's going to evolve.

Some writers take rejection or criticism personally, especially those who are newbies (and this applies to self, indie or trad published authors) and have not developed the professionalism or maturity in this industry, but unfortunately, because of the rise of vanity press the last few years, the majority of those newbies are self - publishers.

The single largest mine in the self - publishing minefield is the deceptive practice of the vanity presses saying that they will assign you an ISBN.

A Google search for Dallas publishers brings up a handful of vanity presses, a «boutique» or two, and a 2012 D Magazine piece covering «niche publishers» — a term Evans wouldn't apply to Deep Vellum.

I'm not going to endorse or condemn any one type categorically, with the possible exception of vanity presses.

The favorite line of the vanity press gang is that «the primary goal of most authors is not making money from publishing their book» because they know the odds of any author making money from the Vanity / POD business model is similar to them hitting the lottery.

It wasn't an issue back in the days when the only self published writers were those writing for a niche market, including family memoirs, and those who bought the services of a vanity press and ended up with thousands of books on their living room floors!

This new breed of vanity press, unfortunately, had plenty of money driving this deception and a target audience more gullible than ever.

I've spent the last six months trying to get the Westbow salesperson to admit that they are basically a «Your Name Imprinted Here» version of Author Solutions... the granddaddy of all vanity presses... which they are.

Unfortunately, with the explosion of the vanity press industry, many industry «professionals» have gone over to the «Dark Side» to pick up the quick, easy bucks.

Terri Giuliano - Long, author of In Leah's Wake and writing for the Huffington Post's blog, outlined some of the factors that have helped self - publishing climb out of its early days of the vanity press into the explosion brought on be e-reading, and evolve into its current state of being a viable alternative for talented, career - minded writers.

Some of the stigma associated with self - publishing originated with the popularity of vanity presses, but with so many successful and talented indie authors making a name for themselves in the publishing industry a lot of the sneering is dissolving.

Dear Harlequin Horizons, Yes, there are TONS of vanity press books, also tons of self - published books.

Dorrance is one of the oldest of the vanity presses (established long before the digital age) but has re-tooled itself in recent years to look more like a self - publishing service.

The kingpin of vanity presses (as Smashwords» founder Mark Coker states in his blog that Author Solutions makes more money from selling services to authors than selling authors» books, «Author Solutions is one of the companies that put the «V» in vanity.