Derek Ansell asked Lynne Butler:

I would like to know why you reviewed my book The Bradgate Heiress,’ falsely claiming it was self published.?It was published by Next Chapter Publishing, a respectable international publisher.if you are a real lawyer you should know better than to use false claims on a public post. Please acknowledge your mistake on the review. Derek,Ansell

Lynne Butler Well, that's a confrontational beginning to a conversation. There is no need to go into personal insults such as saying "if you're a real lawyer". And I'd hardly classify a comment about your work as a "claim". Take a deep breath. I see I touched a nerve by saying your book was self-published.

If I make a mistake, I have no problem admitting it. But was I mistaken? Before I posted my review, I did google the publisher. Now that I see your question, I've googled it again. It describes itself as a sort of hybrid between traditional publishing and self-publishing. In my view, the vital difference between a traditional publisher and any other sort of publishing is the role of the editors and publishers who vet each manuscript based on merit. On my reading of the Next Chapter Publishing website, any author can send in anything to be published, and can pay for services like editing if they want to. How is that not self-publishing?

To me, your book screamed "self-published" by virtue of its lack of editing. When I googled the publisher, it appeared to me to be a self-publishing site. I can't change my mind on either of those things based on what I see and read.

I'm sorry I didn't like your book, but I'm just one person. Plenty of other reviewers thought it was fine.

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