Talk:Vanity publishing
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would you classify the print on demand books as vanity publishing ? there is little editing or publisher quality control on some of it, but there are also some good authors who got a start that way . Hamster (talk) 18:09, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
- I just added a part about Self-Publishing for that reason -A lot of good authors did get started that way, for sure. And at this point, the big publishing houses are horribly risk-averse, so it might come back in a big way. --TheLateGatsby (talk) 18:26, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
- The issue is not the editing or quality control, it's the upfront costs to the author. Self-publishing, POD and e-Books give a legitimate outlet for new authors or topics with a limited appeal. Of course for some authors there's probably a bit of vanity involved in any publishing method.
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19:07, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
- The issue is not the editing or quality control, it's the upfront costs to the author. Self-publishing, POD and e-Books give a legitimate outlet for new authors or topics with a limited appeal. Of course for some authors there's probably a bit of vanity involved in any publishing method.