Posted: Sep 10, 2013 2:06 pm
Shrunk wrote:Steve has a very odd understanding of how the publishing business works, judging by his comment on the Sensuous Curmudgeon:Regarding the big deal made out of my vanity publishing, the only way to get a first book published is if vanity publishers are used; unless the writer is famous, which I am not, fortunately. When you people who rag on vanity publishing write a book and get it published by Simon and Schuster, then make a big deal. Otherwise you might want to shut it on that one.
That's right, Steve. Every single published author, other than the ones who are already famous, has to first go thru the vanity press before getting his book published by a real publisher. Every single one.
Was it proper vanity publishing (ie Steve paying serious money up-front to get N books printed) or a print-on-demand service?
I wouldn't think of the latter as being vanity publishing (it has lots of legitimate uses), but Steve seems happy to describe what he has done as being VP.