Sentences with phrase «scammed by a vanity press»

Have you ever been scammed by a vanity press, phony marketer, scammy editing service, or a bogus agency?

Assuming you didn't get scammed by a vanity press that deducts an additional «publisher's» royalty, you probably make about $ 5 on each book.

It happens all too frequently that I come across an author who has been scammed by a vanity press or by a vendor that provides some type of author services.

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Their contention was that Indie was a term coined by vanity presses to scam would - be clients into believing they were legitimate independent presses.

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.

Having been bilked by a vanity press before, my bullshit - meter for scams like this are now a lot more finely attuned than when I first started out.

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