Sentences with phrase «with vanity press»

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.

However, with a vanity press, the author has to PAY THE PUBLISHER to publish the book.

Prior to Amazon, the only way to «indie publish» was to go with a vanity press type operation where you paid for huge upfront costs and got stuck selling all those hundreds of books yourself.

It may seem «easier» to go with a vanity press, with someone who promises to take care of all the details.

You don't want to publish with a vanity press because they make money off the author, not book sales.

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

The problem with vanity press publishers is low quality, deceptive practices, and bad reputations.

If your book is currently under contract with a vanity press (one that you paid), they will probably let you out of their contract (although you might have to pay them a small fee).

With a vanity press, your cost per book will be over $ 6, maybe even $ 8 or $ 10.

Not so with vanity press and pay to publish operations.

You should also skip older books self - published with a vanity press, unless your sales were spectacular.

If a publisher wants payment from you, whether for the cost of materials or for copies of your book, you are dealing with a vanity press.

Being associated with a vanity press can actually hurt your marketing.

When I was first published with a vanity press, they didn't even edit my manuscript!

Empty Promises Although results are not guaranteed, and will never in fact be realized (I have yet to meet an author who has turned a profit from a book published with a vanity press), vanity presses imply:

Get at least three referrals from people like you when going with a vanity press or any publisher who will have control of your edition.

On the first front, a press release stated that self - publishing solutions provider Lulu has teamed up with vanity press Author Solutions (ASI) to... [Read more...]

Many readers, myself included, were appalled by Harlequin's decision to move forward with a vanity press in the particular manner they are planning.

If you are considering working with a vanity press, make sure you read the contract carefully — and consider having a lawyer read it too.

The problem with vanity press books is that they don't do editing - and charge more than the regular market.

Needless to say, that Sue was relieved with her focus shifting to cancelling her commitment with the vanity press.

Working with a vanity press is like self - publishing in the sense that you have to pay for everything and assume all the financial risk.

However, most authors grossly overestimate the number of books that they're going to sell with a vanity press.

I know I'm going to make some people mad when I say this, but 95 % of the authors who self - publish or work with a vanity press only do so... because they don't know how to get a real publisher (or they're afraid they won't be able to).

I am seeing more and more authors who have been inoculated with the vanity press needle to the point that they equate the printing of a few multi-page documents of junk, with having been a successfully published author.

I would rather see RWA deal with the vanity press as a separate and fundamentally different issue.

Scenario 1: You're dealing with a vanity press; this is their silver package (or lead or tin or whatever)

Should you try to get a traditional publisher like Random House, self - publish, or work with a vanity press?

Don't for one minute confuse self - publishing with vanity press.

That can seem exhausting, so many people prefer to sign with a vanity press or «boutique publishing agency» that sells services.

Literary Agent Undercover is built upon the simple idea that it's much better to «get paid to publish» instead of «pay to publish» and waste years of your life (and possibly thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars self - publishing or working with vanity presses.

If you don't want to learn the business and just want to «be in charge» and have some money you don't mind wasting, you might be best sticking with the vanity presses.

In comparing hybrid publishers with vanity presses, it's important to note that vanity presses are not selective in what they publish, nor are they set up to be.

People who publish with vanity presses are not likely to make money; people who publish in a commercial fashion have the intent to make a profit (and I do).

This is common with vanity presses.

It's the same with vanity presses.

A lot of people at those are self - pubbed with vanity presses that overcharge for the books, so picking up a paperback can set you back $ 20 +.

Oh, re: ``... article that continues to equate indie publishing with vanity presses and telling those who would listen that the only way to prove yourself is to make it past the gatekeepers of traditional publishing.»

I don't want to self publish, but some of these small presses are on the par with vanity presses.

The problem with the vanity presses isn't that you are paying for those things — that's self - publishing — the problem is that you are paying a «general contractor» to provide all of those services with significant mark - up and no incentive to provide quality services and still, the general contractor takes the lion's share of the profit.

I've been seeing far too many new authors publish with vanity presses and spend huge amounts of money, when they could do it themselves...

Not exact matches

Here are a few common «lack of focus» examples I see amongst founders all the time: — Doing shit that makes them look busy, but doesn't have significant impact — Trying to do too many things instead of one thing really well — Getting things done themselves instead of taking time to build the team — Fundraising when it's not time — Acquiring users when existing ones keep churning — Adding features instead of fixing or removing the ones they have — Having multiple audiences, rather than one very targeted — Paying attention to vanity metrics or too many metrics instead of core KPIs — Following the competition's every move — Obsessing with getting up on TechCrunch (or other press)-- Attending multiple networking events a week

I started the day with the «nuts and bolts» of self - publishing (and yes, a short rant on the evils of the vanity presses).

A vanity press which charges you thousands of dollars to publish your book might seem faster, but you lose a lot of choice with what they have to offer.

If you have to pay to get your manuscript read or printed, you're talking with either a service provider or vanity press.

In a recent WBJB Publishing Basics Radio interview with Jan Nathan, the Executive Director of PMA, Jan was asked the question, «What type of publishing (vanity, subsidy, traditional, small press, independent) best describe places like Author House, Xlibris and IUniverse?

What gets me with this comment is the misconception the commenter has about just what self - published authors are and what vanity presses are.

In the vanity press business, there are a few honorable exceptions to the belief that it's fraught with peril; for far too many authors, though, the experience mirrors that of the authors who filed more than 800 complaints against Tate Publishing and Music.

In the past, if you wanted to publish a book you had to do it from a vanity press or land a deal with a traditional publisher.

And even if it wasn't a vanity press, it still seemed like too much of a financial investment to work with a company that doesn't have that wide of a reach, making it unlikely to offer a good return on that investment.