Must watch video. I really dislike being used and I hate scams so I am sharing this info.
I think the key problem with this situation is that most authors don’t know much about Book Publishing. I don’t mean far as publishing our own books, I mean the publishing industry itself, how it works (I’m still learning myself). It’s easy for someone to pay someone to publish their book for them if they are interested in someone doing all the work but they don’t know that paying publishers is not how it works. Publishers invest in the author by providing everything (Book Cover, Editing, Formatting, ISBN, everything), and they make this money back in Royalties. As Shayla explains, that’s why it’s difficult to get accepted by a Traditional Publisher. If they are going to invest in your work they need to know your book can sell, otherwise they don’t get their money back. Of course, I’m not saying it should be all about the money but this is a business and that’s how it works. Anywho, here’s Shayla. (You can read the script HERE for the vocab.
Thank you so much for sharing. I always appreciate your support!
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You’re welcome! I appreciate the education 👍
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Reblogged this on firefly465.
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Great video, have shared and hope it gets out to as many people as possible.
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Thanks for sharing!
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Here is a great post from the Pearls Before Swine blog on the topic of vanity publishers. Beware.
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Beware indeed. Thanks for sharing.
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My pleasure.
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