Title:
The Perils And Pitfalls Of Publishing: Who Can An Author Trust?

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506

Summary:
One out of every eight people call themselves a writer, which means there are roughly 24 million people in the United States who carry that banner. Unfortunately there are charlatans and scam artists just waiting to ambush the unsuspecting author. How can a novice writer protect themselves?

Anyone can call themselves a publisher. Always remember money flows towards the author from the publisher, not the other way round.

What to look out for:

Charges the author a fee ...

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Article Body:
One out of every eight people call themselves a writer, which means there are roughly 24 million people in the United States who carry that banner. Unfortunately there are charlatans and scam artists just waiting to ambush the unsuspecting author. How can a novice writer protect themselves?

Anyone can call themselves a publisher. Always remember money flows towards the author from the publisher, not the other way round.

What to look out for:

Charges the author invetaris a fee up front, to have their book accepted, considered or read. These fees are sometimes called a reading fee, intake fee or administrative fee.

Directs authors toward specific editing services or gives authors names to these services, with the caveat that if the author hires the editing service, their book will be published. If you have any thoughts with regards to exactly where and how to use kongres, you can call us at our own site. Every book needs editing. It is part of the publishers job to provide that editing at no cost.

Offers a contract where the author has to pay for part of the publishing costs. The acquisition editor will sometimes say that the publishers list is full for that season, but the authors book has so much going for it, they would still like to publish it. However the publishers resources are fully committed and the author will have to share in the costs.

Some publishers offer contracts that are unfair, such as they obtain rights that should remain with the author of the work.

Some publishers contracts contain a clause that if the author berita says anything negative about the publisher, there is a monetary fine.

There are also publishers who hold the rights for a lengthy time period, regardless of whether the book is still in print or selling.

The publisher doesnt disclose they are a Publish on Demand (POD), or vanity/subsidy publisher. There is nothing wrong with an author using a subsidy/vanity publishing company as long as the author is well aware of the disadvantages. Publish on Demand books are not, as a rule, stocked by bookstores.

Some POD publishers will insist that their books are available in book stores, as a way to get around this issue. Available is not the same thing as stocked. Available only means the book can be ordered through the bookstore. Since the majority of books sold, are stocked and sold by bookstores, this situation puts a damper on sales.

What else can a writer do to check if a publisher is legitimate?

Go to the local bookstore and see if any of the publishers titles are stocked. Ask the manager if necessary.

Search the Internet using the publishers name plus the word scam or complaint.

A publishers website is targeted to its customers. If the website promotes the books theyve published thats a good sign.

If the website is focused on recruiting writers, thats a bad sign.

Go to forums or bulletin boards that are for writers and see what the authors who have published with the publisher youre considering have to say about their experience.