In fact, if one were to do the actual math, they would discover that
such editing fees through traditional agents and publishers were in the many thousands of dollars.
Not exact matches
Profits are what is left after paying all the costs associated with publishing,
such as
editing, layout & design, printing, storage and fulfillment, distributors
fees as well as other sales and marketing expenses and, of course, royalties.
They claim that their
fees are either the norm (
such as in acquiring agent representation - completely false) or they say they will provide a tangible product (
such as 1,000 quality,
edited copies of your novel) & then don't.
Various author services (
such as marketing and
editing) are offered for additional
fees.
These upfront
fees can be much less than compared to some vanity publishers, but this is reflected in the lower quality of services
such as cover design and
editing.
Publishing Scam Artists: Spotting the Sharks Rather than carefully selecting and investing in books in exchange for a percentage of profits as do traditional publishers, or offering self - publishing services
such as
editing or design for a
fee and letting authors keep their royalties, vanity presses take a cut from both pieces of the pie.