Something that you will guaranteed come across in your search is something that is referred to in the industry as a Vanity Press. These companies offers sound really appealing and are designed to market to a very specific person in a very specific state of mind. As you may have guessed-- the person most susceptible to these offers are book creators early in their careers.
In this day and age, there are so many options and considerations to make when you are creating your book: Should you self publish? Should you pursue an agent? Should you try to pursue publishers directly? If you are a writer, should you hire an illustrator, should you hire an editor? Should you jump on the cutting edge publishing approach of chapter by chapter releases to gain and grow your audience for your first book? We are very fortunate to have SO many avenues but with these avenues comes SO many questions. So let’s start to dig in and talk all about which avenues are good to pursue and which to watch out for in the wide world of publishing. Alright book Creators, let’s get down to book creating business.