Vanity Versus Self-publishing |
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The late Ron Pramschufer shows the negatives and positives of vanity publishing versus self-publishing. Vanity -Vanity Press is the publisher -Vanity Press owns the ISBN and owns the publishing rights -Vanity Press owns the print files -Author pays all the production costs +Author earns a royalty (small percent) -Vanity Press earns the publisher profit Self Publishing +Author is the publisher +Author owns the ISBN and owns the publishing rights +Author owns the print files -Author pays all the production costs +Author earns a royalty (100% minus print cost) +Author earns the publisher profit Back |