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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Correct. I was not implying that using a vanity press to get a book published would help you to get published by a regular house.
But some of the print-on-demand efforts have to be counted as vanity press efforts: the author wanted to see a book in print with his name on it, and would pay to produce the book,
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Dennis
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I think my question is really, don't all POD efforts count as "vanity press," as far as traditional publishers are concerned? Except for the rare items like
Eragon, I have the impression that not only does a vanity press or POD (maybe even self-published ebook) publication "not count," but it may actually prejudice publishers against you. Maybe it's only that they won't buy that particular work, though, unless it's done outstandingly well in sales.