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Username: Emanuel
Post Number: 413
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 06:52 pm: | |
I've noticed a handful of newfound subsidy-published books (IUniverse and AuthorHouse) appearing on the Essence Bestseller list this year. Although traditional publishers, old-school writers, and most media usually see all non-traditionally published books in the same negative light (They say you should never pay to be published.), you have to wonder if subsidy is coming of age. Has there ever been a subsidy-published book on the New York Times bestseller list? What makes an author turn to subsidy publishing versus true self publishing where they can earn more profits? Less financial risk? Should subsidy-published authors worry that bookstores will misjudge them when they flip over their books and read the subsidy publisher's name? |