Cost of Self-Publishing

[dustinzgirl]

Originally Posted by lin robinson

Whoa, it took a minute to hit me. I'm new on this site so pardon my ignorance, but are you saying that if a member her publishes a book and mentions it people will give them a hard time?

Not at all. We have a introductions, publishing, workshop, critiques section for people to show off thier works.

What is annoying is spamming or joining without making a contribution other than to self promote, or self promoting in all of your posts, or being arrogant and saying "gee thats a good story but mine at such site is sooo much better"

What is especially irksome, and yes there have been people who do this, is posting a story in critiques or wherever that is a 'mask' for self promotion.....like blah blah story and you can read all my stories at blah site and I made this game at blah site....

We are not against self promotion, we just want it done with tact. If the first and only post is self promotion that offers nothing in return it will likely be removed with a warning.

On the other hand, you for example have been in several discussions and therefore if you posted something about a book you wrote or where you have been published I don't think we would consider it spamming self promotion.

[Ian Whates]

Originally Posted by lin robinson

Can I use Dogmatic Demons as a name for my new band?

Only If I get an invite to the first gig!

[DMatusik]

Lulu.com and others are often simply referred to as POD or vanity publishing. Several small independent publishers are using that same technology to lower the risk associated with new/unknown authors. Be sure to check them out before self-publishing. Why pay out-of-pocket when you don't have to?

[lin robinson]

It is a mistake to confuse the terms POD (which is a printing technology) and "vanity publishing" (which is basically an assumption about he attitude and goals of the author).

This sort of careless categorization does not make it easier for people to sort these options out. Many "vanity" publishers issue printed books. Many publishers who primarily work with POD are like any other publisher except for the way the books are created. Some publishers use both, as well as other methods like e-books or pdf downloads.

Please be careful about confusing the terms being discussed.