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Old 03-18-2011, 07:06 PM   #161
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Originally Posted by MartinC View Post
I'm talking existential angst here. A writer never knows. If you think you do, you're quite likely sadly wrong. So... Your wife likes it? Your best friend's sister's boyfriend couldn't put it down? I would rather put my faith in the opinion of someone who is going to lose a wad of cash if they make the wrong call.
That's why I call it vanity publishing

Because being able to say "Look at me a publisher thinks my book is good enough to make them a wad of cash" is really the only thing you are getting for your 90% reduction in income.
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