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9 responses to “BELIEVE! Do Not Pay Someone to Publish Your Book! ALLI Agrees.

  1. I went to a writing event recently and publishers and agents were very against vanity publishing/paying to be published. They said if someone expects you to pay, even a percentage of, the costs, then they obviously don’t have much faith in your story, and will unlikely put the required work into getting it out there.
    Your advice is spot on; self publishing, investing in editorial feedback, a great cover art, etc…is completely fine! But don’t let vanity companies con you into paying for publication.
    Great post!


  2. Agreed; if you are lucky enough to have a publisher wanting your book they will meet the related costs. However, if you want to self-publish without experience I cannot concur that it takes only basic skills to format and edit. Doing the sort of job that prevents a book from screaming ‘amateur’ at every turn does require a good deal of knowledge, and it is worth paying a recommended professional (not one of the rip-off artists) and learning from them towards possibly going solo later. In any case, complete self-editing is a recipe for disaster even with the most experienced writers/editors. Those that try it are mortified when they discover how much a trained outsider’s eye will pick up.


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