tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587471047396901756.post6062189727081283381..comments2023-10-18T04:18:44.754-07:00Comments on Norma's Journal: Rant on Subsidy Publishers, Part IINorma Lehmeier Hartiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279449526591387635noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587471047396901756.post-8000252316758806682007-10-29T06:52:00.000-07:002007-10-29T06:52:00.000-07:00Differentiating between off-set and POD subsidy pu...Differentiating between off-set and POD subsidy publishing is irrelevant to the intent of the posting.<BR/><BR/>I do not imply that subsidy publishers pay for editing, cover and publication of an author's book; rather the author incurs all costs.<BR/><BR/>There is a world of distinction between subsidy and self-published books that is certainly not limited to the ownership of the ISBN. I will write about some of them in an upcoming post.Norma Lehmeier Hartiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11279449526591387635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587471047396901756.post-42425077118870050582007-10-27T06:47:00.000-07:002007-10-27T06:47:00.000-07:00I missed "Part I" so I'll have to go back and find...I missed "Part I" so I'll have to go back and find it, because I enjoyed this post and appreciate some of the candor and honest perspective here, particularly as it applies to traditional publishing companies. You're spot on and bring up two things few authors realize: <BR/><BR/>1) That advance royalties are often refunded by the author back to the traditional publisher if the book fails to sell enough copies to cover the advance. Sadly, in some cases, the author has already spent the money and faces the unfortunate circumstance of having to take a loan to pay back the advance. Authors think a royalty is free money with no strings attached. Nope.<BR/><BR/>2) That traditional publishers do not expect the author to market the book. Another misconception that you nailed. All publishers need the author's support in promoting the book.<BR/><BR/>Oddly, this is where the largest discrepancy arises with authors' expectations with other types of publishing options. I don't particularly agree much with your Subsidy Publishing section, because it fails to differentiate the difference between the POD subsidy model and the off-set subsidy model (futher exasperating the confusion that already exists). It also seems to imply that all subsidy publishers pay for the editing, cover, and publication of the book, when in fact, most on-demand publishing companies require the author to pay for that, too (the difference is, POD companies DON'T request authors to pay for an up-front print run whereas true subsidy publishers do). Some on-demand publishers also allow the author to use their own ISBN, which seems to be your only point of distinction between an author published via a subsidy publisher and one that publishes herself. What you don't divulge is that POD publication ranges anywhere from free to about $2,000 while independently self-publishing authors typically spend $5,000 or more. <BR/><BR/>PODdy Mouth<BR/>Daily Dirt on POD <BR/><A HREF="http://poddymouth.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">http://poddymouth.wordpress.com</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com