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Simon & Schuster Joins Forces With Author Solutions To Rip Off Writers

Reblogged from David Gaughran: Simon & Schuster has launched a self-publishing operation, Archway Publishing, contracting one of the most disreputable players in the business to run the show: Author Solutions. We’ll get to that distasteful link-up in a second, but first let’s have a look at what Simon & Schuster are offering prospective customers (i.e. [...]
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Published on November 28, 2012 08:26
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message 1: by Bob (new)
Dec 01, 2012 08:41AM

Bob Bello OK, if Amazon publishes new authors for FREE--I mean, completely gratis!--what's the point of these paid packages? Do you know how many books one must sell to cover $1,999 minimum publishing cost? And what kind of self-publishing writer can afford $14,999 to have professional distribution? Most certainly first-time writers (who haven't made any money with their books yet) can never be published with that kind of 'opportunity!' And most certainly only rich writers with lots of inherited money can go for it. BTW, if publishing is not for FREE, then it's a trap for the writer, who has no other job to pay the bills and support the printing of his/her book. And if they do have another job, then they have no time to write to the fullness of their potential. So, either make it FREE or... you're shooting yourself in the foot because the majority of authors will publish with someone else, who offers a solution they can afford! Who can compete with "gratis," right? 2+2=4 is a simple math, guys. Make way for the new talent or free the road!

BOB BELLO
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