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fjtorres · 07-20-2012, 07:47 AM

Double standard?
Maybe, or maybe some of the disapproval (and I've seen a lot) comes from folks familiar with how Author Solutions imprints work.
Here's just one of many at WRITER BEWARE:
http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2006/0...ublishing.html
Check the comments on how things changed *after* Author Solutions took over.

The line between "assisted self-publishing" and vanity press scam is thin and faint, but it is real and you can usually smell the difference.
So far, it sounds like Pearson/Penguin can't.

(Not that I personally care, mind you. I'm still educating myself on how things look like from the authors' side. So far, not pretty.)

07-20-2012, 07:47 AM	#4
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Double standard? Maybe, or maybe some of the disapproval (and I've seen a lot) comes from folks familiar with how Author Solutions imprints work. Here's just one of many at WRITER BEWARE: http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2006/0...ublishing.html Check the comments on how things changed after Author Solutions took over. The line between "assisted self-publishing" and vanity press scam is thin and faint, but it is real and you can usually smell the difference. So far, it sounds like Pearson/Penguin can't. (Not that I personally care, mind you. I'm still educating myself on how things look like from the authors' side. So far, not pretty.) Last edited by fjtorres; 07-20-2012 at 07:50 AM.