Self-Published Author Turns Down Publishing Deal with Amazon

Aubrey Rose turned down an offer from Amazon’s Montlake Press for her self-published title Me, Cinderella?

She cited concerns of her lack of control over such items as the cover. Rose’s erotic romance story focuses on BBW - Big Beautiful Women - and she did not want a thin girl on the cover.

Money and exclusitivity were the other deciding factors. From The Guardian:

“Rose was offered $5k, with 35% royalties, a post by the author on Reddit confirmed . But that turned out to be "less than I had...