A while back, I wrote about Tate Publishing, a subsidy publisher that had been in the news as a result of some... rather callous business practices. I think it's a good time to revisit publishers like these in light of a recent comment on that post. (For the...
The Author as Customer
So, Penguin's parent company bought Author Solutions. And now, BookCountry's services page has been taken down for an "upgrade". I'm going to draw the obvious conclusion and saw that BookCountry's services are going to be Author Solutions' services, as served through...
The DIY Stub
Author Solutions, who I will not link to, once again, are offering a new service called Bookstubs(TM) through AuthorHouse. Gotta add that trademark - very important... They are, in essence, business cards for your book. The front is your cover, and the back is a...
Beware of Author Solutions
First of all, let's get something straight. If you publish a book, either all by yourself or by paying someone up front for the services you can't handle (like cover design), for which you retain all rights and keep all profits, then you are an independent,...