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Originally Posted by nekokami
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.
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Not really: some traditional publishers have or have had print-on-demand efforts. A friend of mine was freelance copy editing for one such effort (later killed) by (I recall) HarperCollins. They saw it as a way to bring some older stuff
back into print.
The point-to-print on demand is that you
can print on demand, and it's possible to produce books economically with far smaller press runs than traditional publishing allows. It's also possible to produce books as high-quality in appearance and production as anything a major publisher does.
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Dennis