(Hiring a freelancer to lay out your book usually costs less than the «packages»
subsidy presses offer.)
A subsidy press offers the worst of two worlds.
Not exact matches
The mayor took a moment after an unrelated
press conference in Brooklyn this morning to address the House GOP's plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a new package of legislation that would proffer tax credits, cut
subsidies and end the requirement that large employers
offer their workers affordable insurance.
Small
press and epublishers
offer the best of both worlds — free editing, cover, etc., as well as a platform of respectability you won't have self - published or
subsidy published, and there is a chance of being reviewed that is rarely possible with self /
subsidy.
In much the same way,
subsidy presses often
offer canned book templates, so your book looks like many others.
The «small
press» turned out to be iUniverse, a
subsidy press that only
offers a 20 % discount and doesn't allow for book returns — two conditions that make it impossible for most stores to carry their books.
Royalties are better than what «real» publishers
offer, but there are caveats, and true self - publishing pros prefer to cut out the
subsidy press (which takes a cut) and go straight to a POD printer like Lightning Source to maximize profits.
Also called «vanity
presses,»
subsidy publishers
offer production services like editing and cover design that make them attractive to writers who want «one - stop shopping.»