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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
The analogy is just fine. You won't die from reading a book you didn't like.
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No, and I won't die from eating a meal I don't like either. I wasn't talking about "like"--that's irrelevant.
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There are potential readers other than you.
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And there are other opinions besides yours too.
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No, it is not. With vanity publishing, the author pays to have the book published. With vanity publishing, the author does all the distribution themselves.`
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So it's less vain to self-publish because now the author doesn't pay a third party? Huh? Nowadays authors don't even have to have enough confidence in their own work to put their money where their mouth is.