Comments on: What Print-On-Demand Publisher would you recommend? I live in South Africa. My writing is for 16yrs and above.? http://dwarfprinting.com/432/what-print-on-demand-publisher-would-you-recommend-i-live-in-south-africa-my-writing-is-for-16yrs-and-above/ Big Printing For Little Companies Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:54:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: cathrl69 http://dwarfprinting.com/432/what-print-on-demand-publisher-would-you-recommend-i-live-in-south-africa-my-writing-is-for-16yrs-and-above/comment-page-1/#comment-1526 cathrl69 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:46:47 +0000 http://dwarfprinting.com/432/what-print-on-demand-publisher-would-you-recommend-i-live-in-south-africa-my-writing-is-for-16yrs-and-above/#comment-1526 Yup, most vanity publishing authors claim something equally pretentious. I'd recommend you take the rose coloured glasses off, put your effort into making your book better, and try to get it published traditionally. The average self-published book sells forty copies, none of them to anyone who the author does not know personally. Unless you have friends in the publishing industry a la Christopher Paolini, there _is_ no "launching pad" - in fact having vanity published tends to put traditional publishers off writers. Yup, most vanity publishing authors claim something equally pretentious.

I’d recommend you take the rose coloured glasses off, put your effort into making your book better, and try to get it published traditionally. The average self-published book sells forty copies, none of them to anyone who the author does not know personally. Unless you have friends in the publishing industry a la Christopher Paolini, there _is_ no "launching pad" - in fact having vanity published tends to put traditional publishers off writers.

]]> By: TaylorWS http://dwarfprinting.com/432/what-print-on-demand-publisher-would-you-recommend-i-live-in-south-africa-my-writing-is-for-16yrs-and-above/comment-page-1/#comment-1527 TaylorWS Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:46:47 +0000 http://dwarfprinting.com/432/what-print-on-demand-publisher-would-you-recommend-i-live-in-south-africa-my-writing-is-for-16yrs-and-above/#comment-1527 Dear Joseph, no writer ever gives a publisher money, which is what you have to do if you self publish. If your work is good, then find an agent. I have seen excerpts from self-published books, they were pathetic. Dear Joseph, no writer ever gives a publisher money, which is what you have to do if you self publish.

If your work is good, then find an agent.

I have seen excerpts from self-published books, they were pathetic.

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