Tag: vanity press

This
is Part Four of a five-part series summarizing my remarks in a panel discussion
on the “Ins and Outs of Self-Publishing” sponsored by the Washington, DC chapter of the Women’s National Book Association. In Part Three of the series, I began a discussion
of publishing via vanity or subsidy press and I promised you some subsidy press
success stories in my next posting.

The
origins of the two success stories I want to share are Veronica Li and Carla
Danziger, who were two of my co-panelists on the “Ins and Outs of
Self-Publishing” panel.

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This
is Part Three of a five-part series summarizing my remarks in a panel
discussion on the “Ins and Outs of Self-Publishing” sponsored by the Washington, DC
chapter of the Women’s National Book Association.  In
Parts One and Two of this series, I discussed using a traditional publisher and
self-publishing using print-on-demand (POD) printing. In this Part Three, I discuss publishing via
vanity or subsidy press.

Vanity and Subsidy Presses

When
preparing my remarks and hand-out for the panel, I asked some self-publishers
and small publishers for feedback.  Feedback is what I asked for and feedback is
certainly what I got! One publisher
asked me why I would sully the name of self-publishing by including a
discussion of vanity and subsidy presses so prominently in my remarks.

I believe that in
today’s world it is narrow-minded to dismiss completely subsidy presses as a
means of self-publishing. The negative
view of vanity and subsidy publishing is grounded in bad behavior by some
companies who preyed on the hopes and dreams of aspiring authors.
 

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