Sentences with phrase «published by a vanity press»

a. Your book will be taken more seriously than if it is listed in all the databases as published by a vanity press or CreateSpace.

Looking at the list of previous winners in one contest site, I noticed that every book category had winners published by a vanity press with a shady and notorious reputation.

There have always been ripoff artists around, but the numbers of scammers have ballooned since the Internet made self publishing much bigger than it was before, when there were a few people being published by vanity presses and oters who had a niche market in mind.

These include (but are not limited to) books published by vanity presses, self - published «zines», blogs, web forums, usenet discussions, personal social media, fan sites, vanity websites that permit the creation of self - promotional articles, and other similar venues.

Other authors may see this work published by a vanity press as a stepping stone to get a traditional publishing house's attention for a second work.

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For decades it was dismissed as the desperate refuge of authors rejected by publishing houses, wannabes who paid a fee to a musty vanity press that would dutifully typeset their words and transform them into a few boxes of books that the «writers» could hand out to their friends.

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

The vanity press industry, headed by companies like Author House, WestBow Press, Publish America and the likes, have done a huge disservice to authors, specifically, and the publishing industry, in genpress industry, headed by companies like Author House, WestBow Press, Publish America and the likes, have done a huge disservice to authors, specifically, and the publishing industry, in genPress, Publish America and the likes, have done a huge disservice to authors, specifically, and the publishing industry, in general.

4 years ago people were curious about publishing, but scared by all the bad - mouthing they read in Writers Digest (funded largely by vanity presses) and by online wannabes.

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,

My collection of short stories and poems was published last year by a trade publisher (not self - published or vanity press, if that matters).

By adding an ad for a vanity press in that rejection letter, the publisher is encouraging authors to stop seeking publishers that would pay the authors to publish their books, and to stop working to improve their writing skills so that they could write an even better next book.

The easiest way to insure that you are truly self - publishing and not being dead ended by some vanity press is to follow a few basic steps.

Now that Author Solutions has found a... buyer in Penguin — or rather Pearson, the company that owns Penguin Books — you'd probably think that the so - called vanity press self - publishing model has been given the blessing by «traditional publishing.»

Whereas some self - publishing companies and «vanity presses» rip authors off by charging up front for service and then charging additional royalties as high as 55 % of net profits, BookBaby is one of the few companies in the industry that does not take any additional fees; the author earns royalties from the different platforms that BookBaby distributes to, and retains all percentages after the retail platforms» fee.

In all of the industry talk aimed at the futile and (some say) abusive treatment of authors by traditional publishers, one often overlooked casualty of the availability of self - publishing options is the vanity press.

The early stigma of self - publishing as vanity press has not disappeared but has become significantly diluted as dedicated self - publishers approach the work professionally in order to produce works that rival — even exceed — the quality of those published by the Bigs.

I believe — know — that attitudes toward self - and indie - publishers has become more accepted over the decades when any author who was published by anything other than university presses and New York's Big Five were derisively called «vanity publishers.»

Last week Penguin Random House announced the sale of beleaguered Author Solutions, the large (but seemingly getting smaller) vanity press that is known by several imprint names in the publishing industry including Xlibris, AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford and WestBow Ppress that is known by several imprint names in the publishing industry including Xlibris, AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford and WestBow PressPress.

Once educated to the publishing process, we agreed that most authors are smart enough to travel the correct path and not be snared by one of the many vanity press traps that are sprinkled all over the Internet.

The new electronic technology makes it so much easier to write and publish a book but it concerns me that so many would be writers get scammed along the way by shonky vanity presses.

Before you ask, don't confuse POD, the printing process, with POD Publishing, one of the many names adopted by today's vanity presses.

Indie Book Publishing — No Longer about Vanity, one of the beak - out sessions given by the VP of Marketing from the largest vanity press in the country, says it all.

Such companies include not only Penguin but also Simon & Schuster, which has had its Archway self - publishing operation created by Author Solutions; F+W Media's Writer's Digest, which partners with Author Solutions in its Abbott Press self - publishing offering; and Bowker's Identifier Services, which directs users to iUniverse, another Author Solutions vanity - publishing program.

With all the self - publishing options available to authors, how do so many authors still get sucked in by vanity presses?

While print - on - demand companies have revolutionized the self - publishing print industry by no longer requiring authors to purchase high - volume, expensive print runs from a vanity press, there are times when an author still only needs a handful of copies and prefers to work directly with an expert who can help.

How many contests does WD host each year that are sponsored by vanity presses like Outskirts Publishing?

Writer's Digest also hosts contests that are sponsored by vanity presses... contests that create the illusion that the winner will be published by a «real» publisher.

Basically as of late it has been chosen by such go - it - alone folk as a counter label to «self - published» or «vanity press published.»

First it was books published by them dank vanity presses, then blogs, now tweets!

To the last two commentors — note that your IP address are the same — also the publishers you suggest are considered vanity presses, which have negative reputations, Iuniverse is considered a vanity press, and aslo over-charges for services, they are viewed in a negative light by most publishers, and self - publishers who want to publish their work in the future.

The self - publishing of various vanity presses in the twentieth century, and earlier, bears almost no comparison to the product being marketed by so many savvy and dedicated self - publishing authors in this new time.

Most of these slurs came out of a time when the majority of so - called self - published books were put out by vanity presses that preyed on the desire of the unwary to have a book with their name on it.

However, either the majority of self - publishers didn't read the fine print in the deals they were offered by vanity presses or they had little understanding about how vanity publishing worked.

Even if you manage to stay away from the vanity press bullshit, you've got crappy contests like the Dark Crystal one that are run by huge, supposedly respected names in publishing.

The Confessions of Congressman X is published by Mill City Press, a vanity imprint in Minnesota, and will be available on May 24.»

If you get no nibbles, you can try small presses or look at self - publishing (but don't be taken in by vanity presses that charge you a bunch of money to self publish — the books won't be accepted in bookstores and they'll be too expensive to make a profit.)

Instead of self - publishing, he tried the vanity press method offered by XYZ publishing.

Now, of course, an agent is looking only for saleability whereas I hope a reviewer is looking for the quality of the read.I hope it's true that time will weed out those who don't care enough to learn and hone their craft, thus letting the cream of the self - published rise to the top, but vanity presses have been kept in business a long time by those who only think they write well.

But it's true that to many people self - publishing means bad quality books with no editing published by one of the vanity presses and the main concern is that this crap is flooding the world and readers can't find quality in the mass of rubbish.

-LSB-...] ``... to many people self - publishing means bad quality books with no editing published by one of the vanity presses and the main concern is that this crap is flooding the world and readers can't find quality in the mass of rubbish.

But by self - publishing — really self - publishing, not through a vanity press — I simply do not have to worry about most scams.

«Co-invest...» You may be savvy enough to recognize that «subsidy publishing» is usually a whitewashed label for vanity publishing, which publishes anything backed up by a check for tens of thousands of dollars, and inevitably disappoints its authors because vanity press books are hardly ever reviewed or accepted by book distributors.

I guess if by «digital vanity press» you mean «a place for authors to self - publish their work online» that makes some sense, but it's not a publishing house and was never intended to be.

If you are a new writer in town and pursuant of external help, you must be extra careful not to get sucked into the whirlwind of false promises offered by these vanity publishing presses.

I was just refused a review of my upcoming (second) novel's ARC by a writer I really respect because she doesn't «endorse self - published or vanity press books.»

I can remember when vanity press publishing was considered an opportunity to print your book and with luck lead to being discovered and reprinted by a publishing house and eventually make money!

And big, expensive self - publishing packages offered by vanity presses owned by the Big Five are not leading to many lucrative contracts.

Specialized collections A public library is likely to have a specialised collection of books about the area it is located in, including those that have been published by small presses or vanity publishers.