Since 2013, when Australasian Christian Writers (ACW) was born and we started our original blog at Blogspot (Blogger), we have stood firm in our strong belief that vanity publishing—sometimes called assisted self publishing, hybrid publishing, partner publishing, pay-to-play publishing—is a terrible deal for authors. In recent years vanity publishing has evolved to specifically target independent …
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There are basically two ways to publish a book: You can hire people to help you publish your book. Or you can pursue a publishing contract. What you shouldn’t do is sign a contract with a “self-publisher”. 1. Hire Help Savvy self publishing authors do hire people to help, especially editors and cover designers. None …
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By Iola Goulton @iolagoulton Over the last three weeks we’ve looked at trade publishing, publishing through a small press, and self-publishing. Any of those can be good options. Today we’re looking at a path to publishing that is rarely a good option for the author: vanity publishing. That’s because vanity publishing goes against publishing’s most …
