Self Publishing, Vanity Press or Do-It-Yourself-ers
Chapter 4 Self Publishing, Vanity Press or Do-It-Yourself-ers “ Vanity is my favorite sin .” ~ Al Pacino Self publishing, publish on demand, traditional, and now the New Publishing. Publishers everywhere and so many choices what’s a writer to do? Before you get all quivering and quaking with fear and a need to pop a Xanax to calm your nerves, keep reading. We want to help alleviate a quick trip to the pharmacy to consume anti-depressants to manage your publishing anxiety. First, like the warning label on any good prescription bottle or Diet Coke can, we want to not just warn you, but beg you to educate yourself before you sign on the line on any contracts you may have placed in front of you. And this may be hard to control yourself too. Any time a so-called publisher or someone with the title of publisher calls and says they want to publish your manuscript refrain from the happy dance just yet. Our sad cautionary tale comes from a 95-year-old World War II veteran we’ll call...