Sentences with phrase «oldest vanity publishers»

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware You may have heard that Vantage Press, one of the USA's oldest vanity publishers, closed its doors at the end of 2012.

Not exact matches

The old vanity publishing offered authors who could not attract the interest of a traditional publisher an opportunity to get their books published.

Are indie books, whether in e-book or print format, simply the vanity products of wannabe writers who can't find publishers the old - fashioned way?

We know the old saw about vanity publishers.

It has always been a lottery getting an agent (and it still is) and even more so a publisher and in the old days Self publishing was very accurately described as «vanity publishing.»

If a hybrid publisher has a requirement that the author must pay for a specific number of books, it's a good sign the company is merely a dressed - up version of an old - school «vanity» press.

In the case of assisted self - publishing or publishing services (called «vanity presses» in the old days), these companies adopt the moniker of «hybrid publisher» to look more innovative or attractive to authors.

If either is true, you're firmly in the realm of old - school «vanity» publishers that are generally considered less author - friendly than the new generation of service companies.

One of the things that bothers me most about vanity publishing of any stripe — from the old - fashioned vanities that shipped you boxes of books to molder away in your basement, to the print on demand self - publishing services that are trying to re-brand themselves as «indie» publishers or «assisted publishing», to the sleazy deceptive pay - to - play companies that pass themselves off as «real» publishers — is that they take advantage of authors twice: first by taking their money, second by brainwashing them into believing all the deceptive hype.

Of course, some vanity press books were never intended to be commercial (as when a self - publisher I know published his 13 - year - old niece's novel on Lulu as a birthday gift.)

In the old days of vanity publishing, those publishers had few mechanisms for book distribution, and even fewer chances of having their vanity publications taken seriously by any of the mainstream book reviewers.

He lists the services provided by traditional publishers (editing, cover design, marketing, etc.), which look strikingly similar to the services provided by the rip - off vanity publishers of old.

Harlequin is an old and reputable mainstream publisher whose sudden association with a notorious vanity press empire is clearly an act of «monitizing rejections.»