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Originally Posted by DavidKitson
I was contacted by one of them to suggest putting my story forward, but I still want to keep the ebook version free and they do require to have all publishing rights. That and the fact that they don't hire editors, so editing is still the writer's responsibility, which if you know of my story you'll know is a weakness of mine  |
I'd be very cautious about a setup like this. If I've understood the situation right, this company is requesting ALL publishing rights, meaning that once you've published your work with them you are not free to take it anywhere else. And in exchange they are offering... exactly nothing. No editing, no proofreading; do they arrange for cover design and if so, are the covers any good?
I guess I'm just not seeing the advantages of publishing through a company that is essentially a content mill, funneling authors' work through Amazon's KDP and CreateSpace programs and skimming a cut of royalties off the top.
[Edited to Add: Oops... I just realized that VydorScope has initiated a far more detailed discussion of this topic
in another thread. Which makes my comments pretty much moot.]