Comments on: Unreasonable Expectations

By: angelia smith

angelia smith — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:39:37 +0000

Well what is your advice on getting published?

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Get the word out-vanity presses, assisted self pub, etc. « Trivial Pursuits — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:47:03 +0000

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By: CaffeyCathie

CaffeyCathie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:41:59 +0000

Ann, you so explained what vanity publishing is, I had no clue! As a reader, it helps so much to learn about this, so thank you!

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Conflict… « Scita > Scienda — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:46:47 +0000

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By: XandraG

XandraG — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:40:08 +0000

You’d think that only the truly uninformed would fall for something like this, but that’s not the case. Try googling “how to publish a novel” and the first two pages are all vanity publishers. I answered several emails just last night from chapter members who were honestly confused over this–and they aren’t n00bs by any stretch–they honestly thought that this was somehow more legit than going through, say, AuthorHouse *cough* because it had the Harlequin name on it. So no, this isn’t targeted to the n00bs and rubes, but they are hoping we’ll all fall for it, aren’t they?

And the key is–they’re NOT buying anything Harlequin. AuthorSolutions will be running the whole thing–the Harlequin brand is targeted towards the author, not the reader. If they’re collecting money from authors, why bother selling to readers?

This is a pink-frosted crap sandwich.

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News on the Horizon | Literary Escapism — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:56:19 +0000

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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:17:00 +0000

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By: Jill Sorenson

Jill Sorenson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:48:14 +0000

I’m a Harlequin author and an RWA member. This is nuts!! I’m appalled for every aspiring author in the trenches, and every HQ-pubbed author who has worked her butt off. Will my unpublished friends be taken advantage of? Will my pubbed friends get booted out of PAN and the RITAs?

I feel like I’m dreaming. And not the way HH wants me to.

By: Jackie U

Jackie U — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:59:01 +0000

Oh god. Do you ever re-read a post and realize you did something really dumb…like type “incite” instead of “insight”? ::head desk::

By: nightsmusic

nightsmusic — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:40:54 +0000

You definitely helped me reassess my thinking on this whole thing. Thank you :D

I do think there needs to be some redoing of RWA’s by-laws in regards to legitimate eBook publishers, but in the instance of self-publishers, you’re right.

One thing that has always been important to me is, if I have to pay someone to publish my book, I’m not good enough yet at my craft to warrant being published, regardless of the venue. But like I said, that’s just me.