Sadly, as I said in my wrap-up post of what I saw coming, people taking advantage of writers was going to increase. I just didn’t expect Simon and Schuster to jump into the game. Wow, what a stunner. All the while pretending they are offering great services to writers.
Let me be clear here, folks. Money flows to the writer. Period.
If you want to become your own publisher, start a business and publish your own books. It’s scary simple once you get past the fear and early learning curve.
How to do that? Start off by reading the four posts I have under “Think Like a Publisher” tab above. Then read the guidelines for publishing on Smashwords. Between the two, you will get 90% of what you need. And both are free.
You might have to pay $20 to license a good piece of art for your cover from iStockPhoto or Dreamstime, but that’s it. It’s free. To do what S&S can charge up to $25,000 for or more.
Sigh, I hate the attitude coming from New York that writers are a bunch of dumb sheep. But sadly, with this new project, the sheep will flock to them. And S&S will make a lot of money from writers. Not from readers, from writers.
Sigh…
If you want to read about the newest “bend over writers…you deserve this” project, go here:
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