Sentences with phrase «vanity presses produced»

At that time, vanity presses produced books for authors at a price.

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When Ray first entered the publishing industry, authors relied on «vanity presses» to produce their work — many of whom would charge $ 15,000 or more and leave the author's garage filled with hundreds of books.

The traditional industry, while maybe not yet embracing indie publishing, has certainly come a long way from the days in which a vanity press - produced title was the kiss of death for an author's future publishing career; it's now becoming more and more common for publishers to seek out authors whose titles that have a proven following thanks to self - publishing.

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.

They just google something like «publisher for new writers» and choose PA because, unlike the other vanity presses such a search will produce, PA doesn't ask for money upfront.

Companies such as AuthorHouse or Vantage Press, which charge a fee for producing a book with their name in it as «publisher» are called vanity presses, or subsidy presses.

If you write a book and somebody else produces / manufactures that book (without charging you up - front money, which would make them a vanity / subsidy press) then you're a published author, not a self - published author.

I sent two finished manuscripts to a vanity press, which produced a terrible product from the typesetting standpoint.

The legitimate publishers who have partnered with Author Solutions make extra money on the side, while the clueless author is happy as the proverbial pig in mud — until he later realizes that the thousands of dollars he doled out to the vanity press has produced at most a handful of sales, and his dream is crushed.

Savvy authors know that vanity presses usually produce an inferior looking book that few reviewers care about and that most bookstores ignore.

When you publish with a vanity press, under some contracts, you may not have complete ownership rights of the books that are produced.

Unlike the world of the so - called vanity press — many of whom are so shady you'd be better off throwing copies of your manuscript from a high place and hoping people send you money — BookBaby is one of the rare options that produces a high - quality book, has live customer services agents who will speak to you, and (get this) doesn't take a percentage of your sales after the fact.