Vanity publishing or self publishing. What are your thoughts.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I'm not writing for money really, When I finish a few books I'm just going to have them edited and throw them at Kindle. I'm more interested in being able to share the fun stuff that goes rolling through my head.
CommonHuman
Level 7
Aug 20, 2018
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These days I self publish all my major pieces as Kindles before sending them anywhere, I have been ripped off enough times in the past to be cautious about having a dated copy lodged somewhere as proof of my authorship.
As Harlan Ellison once said "they are going to pick your pocket so make sure there is a mouse trap in there waiting for them."
LenHazell53
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Aug 18, 2018
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Vanity publishing and self publishing are the same thing. Whether one pays a company to do all the work of publishing or does the work themselves is immaterial. That said, self publishing is a viable avenue these days and can be lucrative. The fees of going through another company are eliminated and, depending on how much one considers their time is worth, all of that is transferred to the amount one can get through the sale of the book.
I have never self published or gone through one of the vanity companies so I get my money in the form of royalty checks issued by the publisher. The amount I see for each sale is less than it would be through vanity press and considerably less than through self publishing where the individual takes care of all the details.
evidentialist
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Aug 18, 2018
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