How does a publisher like this work? It seems "too good to be true."
Posted by Wolfe_boy (Member # 5456) on :
Well, it's Self-publishing, which is a valid route to seeing your book in print. So in that sense it's true. But don't fool yourself into thinking that this is publishing in the traditional sense - there is no editorial control or review, and you will have enormous issues getting your book carried in local stores, let alone seeing your book on a shelf in a Chapters. The PR services they offer are likely either going to be limited in the extreme, or quite expensive. The same goes for the other services they're offering.
You could do better, so far as self-publishing goes. But if your expectations are reasonable (not a lot of success and a fair bit of personal cost), then yes, you could become a "published author".
Jayson Merryfield
Posted by JFLewis (Member # 6957) on :
Um... it's self-publishing. You pay them anywhere from $698 (paperback) to $1,048 (hardback) and they help you design your book, which they then make available for sale.
Though I suppose there are authors for whom self-publishing might make sense, I prefer traditional publishing.
Money should flow to the author not away from the author.
(I may be quoting someone there, but if so, I can't remember who it is.)
Posted by JeanneT (Member # 5709) on :
It is a quote but a good one. Yog's Rule: Money flows to toward the writer.
Posted by rcorporon (Member # 2879) on :
Thanks... I don't want to go through the self publishing route... just caught my eye as a local author used this company to get her book printed.
Thanks.
Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
quote:Money should flow to the author not away from the author.
(I may be quoting someone there, but if so, I can't remember who it is.)
"Yog" is James D. Macdonald, a published SF author who teaches writing as well.