
Originally Posted by
mckoy_slipstream
xlib is about vanity publishing. read feedbacks, same ra ni si sa iUniverse at Authorware. this big 3 sells author services, not books. bisag unsa pa kabati ang manuscript, dawaton kay money man na. author spends almost $3000, then ang royalty ana kay $150 ra gyud, gikan pa na sa mga books hand sold by author. luoy kaau.
You seriously don't have a clue. It is a self publishing company, not vanity publishing, you won't know the difference if wa ka kahibaw sa process sa traditional publishing. And its not Authorware, its Authorhouse, mao ni pasabot sa ni comment, not xlib. The company sells publishing and marketing services, we also sell books that our authors published. We evaluate all materials before dawaton ang project, if naay issues ang manuscript or ang uban materials na gi submit, we advise the author if ganahan ba niya usbon pero if di cya ganahan aw refund kay ang company man ang ma kiha if ever. "Bati" is relative, the goal of the company is to make writers become published authors, most authors go with self publishing for self-satisfaction ang uban kay way ni nila para ma discover sa mga traditional publishers, example kay ang legally blonde, self published book nga gi kuha sa traditional publisher then made to a movie.
Of course its about money, it should be, business baya na, you pay us and we'll make you an author. Pareha rana anang mga indie bands. About hand selling, authors have the liberty to price their books if sila mismo mo sell, for me this is the best way of earning, depende ra jud nas diskarte. Authors can order books at author rates naa pa jud na discount if bulk order. Depende na nila if times 10 ilang i-price inig tinda kay walay naka indicate na price ang barcode unlike most books, reason for that is, the books are distributed to different resellers, some naay own printers so mag differ ang production cost, but they can never sell the book lower than what the author chose.