Goodreads asked Alice Vachss:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Alice Vachss Having a book published by Random House was one of the most exciting
things that ever happened to me. The book tours, the speeches, the
talk shows, the local news shows that interviewed me about late-breaking
crime stories, the major publications that asked me to write articles or
opinion pieces – all of it not only made me proud, it gave me a voice.

I think those days of publishing are gone. I will always keep in my
heart the book-loving sales reps who hand-sold “Sex Crimes” to stores
because they believed in what it had to say, and some brave holdout
independent bookstore owners who seem motivated by the same belief in
their work that I am in mine.

But I don’t believe in their industry. For me, e-books are more
fundamentally accessible to authors and readers alike. I decided to use
the sequel to Sex Crimes–which is the only other book I have in me–to
launch my own, small nonfiction e-book publishing house dedicated to non-fiction solutions to violence. Since every single step I’ve taken to accomplish that goal came with its own steep learning curve, I’ve called the house Pay What It Costs Publishing, LLC.

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