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Vanity publishing is paying someone to publish a book you've written. Usually for a pretty hefty fee. One of the most famous ones is Publish America. I'm sure, if you're anywhere on the internet, or even off of it, you've heard of it, or the other well known ones: Lulu.com, Xlibris.com, or iUniverse.com to name a few.
Well, recently there have been kerfluffles, because other well known names are getting into vanity publishing, including giant names like Amazon.com and Harlequin. That's right, Harlequin. As in all those trashy romance novels that you/your friend read during high school? Yeah, those guys.
But this is... I'm not sure what this is.
A company named Tweetbookz will turn your everything you've Twittered into a book. So, every inanity you've ever put on Twitter can now become a book, that you can show everyone. You're a published author!
Okay, seriously? I know these guys will make money off of it. Someone's going to spend money on this, and there's not a damned thing I, or anyone else, can say to stop those fools.
But really? Has the vanity publishing industry sunk this deeply?
I mean PA isn't a prize. There is tonnes of proof that they're just out to make a buck. And people still pay them.
But this is just ridiculous.
Sure, I know people can write drabbles and tell a story in 100 words or less, but... this is honestly just strange to me.
Where did I hear about this?
The SFWA community on LJ
I just don't understand the depths people go to to be published.
Well, recently there have been kerfluffles, because other well known names are getting into vanity publishing, including giant names like Amazon.com and Harlequin. That's right, Harlequin. As in all those trashy romance novels that you/your friend read during high school? Yeah, those guys.
But this is... I'm not sure what this is.
A company named Tweetbookz will turn your everything you've Twittered into a book. So, every inanity you've ever put on Twitter can now become a book, that you can show everyone. You're a published author!
Okay, seriously? I know these guys will make money off of it. Someone's going to spend money on this, and there's not a damned thing I, or anyone else, can say to stop those fools.
But really? Has the vanity publishing industry sunk this deeply?
I mean PA isn't a prize. There is tonnes of proof that they're just out to make a buck. And people still pay them.
But this is just ridiculous.
Sure, I know people can write drabbles and tell a story in 100 words or less, but... this is honestly just strange to me.
Where did I hear about this?
The SFWA community on LJ
I just don't understand the depths people go to to be published.
