Predatory and non-predatory models of author compensation
Small-, vanity-, hybrid-presses and trad pub.
Out in the wild, I expect people to mix up vanity publishing with self-publishing, but I did not expect a misunderstanding of (or perhaps a myth about) what traditional publishing (trad pub) actually is among the writer community.
I run into misunderstandings when I speak to people—let’s call them muggles—outside of fandom or writing. If I tell muggles I…
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