Sentences with phrase «think vanity presses»

Frankly, I think vanity presses take advantage of authors by charging astronomical fees and then grabbing a huge profit after that.

Whenever I think the vanity presses like Xlibris, IUniverse and AuthorHouse have sunk as low as they can possibly go, they drop to new depths.

Not exact matches

Whenever you thought you've seen it all... The sad part is watching these poor people flush money down the vanity press drain, especially in these hard economic times.

Around 2007, just when most people were starting to think you couldn't find anything in the publishing world worse than a typical vanity press, Author Solutions proved us all wrong.

That is, until now, which is why I think it's so cool that Macmillian bought Pronoun, which is not a vanity press, but an author toolkit (so far).

Just as self - published writers don't like to think of themselves as vanity presses.»

These companies actually do little more than the old - time vanity presses; you have to think twice about what that will do to your credibility as a writer.

But that is rapidly changing, and this article is an example of that kind of vanity - press thinking gasping its death throes.

I also think most authors are not going to be prepared to license their rights to a publishing service which takes the rewards of an upper - end traditional publisher while taking on obligations similar to a hands - off self - publishing service or vanity press in return.

I thought about taking them up on this offer when I was in my first few issues of the series, but it on further thought, it seemed more like a vanity press option.

Therefore, it is better to think of vanity presses as self - publishing service providers, not publishers.

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,

I think when you say self publishing, you are refering to vanity presses, which is not indie publishing.

While I think the idea of vanity press is just wrong on so many levels, if Harlequin didn't use Harlequin resources or name, I could live with them having a financial interest in a joint - venture / partnership that was legally separate from the main company.

I would never use a vanity press, and I strongly encourage authors to think long and hard before choosing to go this route.

Advertising the vanity press tells the author to stop thinking they should be paid by a publisher for their work, and instead the author should pay the publisher to print the book... and that it's OK for the publisher to then get a profit for it..

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.»

As this all pertains to self - publishing, the same people who think they can buy a $ 600,000 house with $ 10,000 income and then want the government to bail them out when they can't make the payments are the ones most likely to fall for the vanity press trap.

When I first started back to writing, I thought trad publishing was all there was (except for vanity presses and such).

It makes me think of the authors who buy ridiculously pricey promotion packages from vanity presses (see my blog post, «A new way to learn how to promote your book «-RRB-.

Somehow the new vanity model of deceiving thousands of people out of hundreds of dollars was thought to be different than the old vanity press model which deceived hundreds of people out of thousands of dollars.

Whether you are a reader thinking about writing a book, a writer ready to get paid for writing, a self - published author, traditionally published author, Print on Demand author (CreateSpace / IngramSpark), an author published through a vanity press / publishing assistance company, or a hybrid author (a combination of any of the above), the Path To Publishing «Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business» 2018 Conference being held September 20 - 22, 2018 in the STILL fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada is for you!

I really love being in this period of transformation in publishing — after all, I don't think self - publishing was really much of an option a decade ago, except for the vanity press that used to exist.

You will notice that the words «indie publishing» and «traditional publishing» do not appear anywhere in these criteria, because I think the 21st century publishing environment has made the old wall between «vanity» and «proper» press, obsolete.

HH = Harlequin Historicals (one of the traditional category Harlequin lines — this is a new medallion logo they have added to front cover in recent months) Hh = Harlequin Horizons (the vanity / subsidy press recently launched) How they can legitimately think there won't be brand dilution is beyond me, when the biggest difference between these two brands is whether or not a letter is capitalized?

I think there is a grave misunderstanding between self - driven self - publishers - or micropublishers and what this proposal represents, which is costly vanity press services specifically marketed to individuals who have submitted work unsolicited to Harlequin.

I think the most significant difference between «real» traditional publishers and services that are NOT «real» traditional publishers (vanity presses, self - publishers, and others) is the cost.

Something to think about when you see major publishers starting vanity press divisions.

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.

Thought I'd mention that David Gaughran wrote a post about vanity press predators this week (as he's been wont to do lately).

GB — I think I remember that you're one of the many authors who got taken in by the slick marketers at AuthorSolutions or one of the many vanity presses they gobbled up.

And I think that by calling vanity presses «general contractors,» you're giving them way too much credit.

I think there are some companies that do a good job and offer a quality service, but far more companies are just vanity - presses in disguise.

Are you a first time writer thinking about using a vanity press?

2) OMG a legitimate publisher thinks I'm so bad that my only hope is a vanity press.

There is the Big 6 route with agents, there is the mid-list traditional route with agents, there is the mid-list traditional route without agents, there is the small press route, there is the co-operative route, there is the hybrid route (think Amazon's imprints) and there is self - publishing not to mention the dreaded (read unrecommended) vanity publishing route.

Because I fear new writers may be duped into staying away from all these legitimate mid-sized, smaller and digital - first publishers and steered toward the subsidy or vanity presses now owned by the Big Five, thinking anything with a Big Five label is somehow more «traditional» or «legitimate».

If anyone reading this blog is still thinking about publishing with a vanity press, do me a favor: Contact the publisher and demand that they show you some numbers.