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HERE’S EXAMPLES OF SELF-PUBLISHED BOOKS:
Catharina Maura - The Temporary Wife
Amanda Hocking - Switched
Hugh Howey - WOOL
Sarra Cannon - Beautiful Demons
Alessandra Torre - The Ghost Writer

All of these authors have made over a million dollars.

HERE’S EXAMPLES OF TRADITIONALLY PUBLISHED BOOKS…

Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games
Stephen King - The Shining
Danielle Steel - High Stakes
John Grisham - The Firm
Anne Rice - Interview with the Vampire

All of these authors have made over a million dollars.

HERE’S EXAMPLES OF VANITY PUBLISHED BOOKS…

Five authors you’ve never heard of.
Five books you’ve never heard of.

Almost none made significant money at all.

Again... "If you have to pay, RUN AWAY."

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5/🧵 Copied from an anonymous author:

HERE’S HOW VANITY PUBLISHERS WORK:
They charge authors to publish their books.
They make money from authors.
They don’t make money from book sales.
Anyone can be published who pays them money.
There are no standards that are upheld.
Any editing done is very low-quality, sometimes no more than just using Grammarly.
No story is too boring, bad, or horribly written for them.
Book sales are irrelevant to them.
The author and vanity publisher split profits.
The majority of royalties are usually split 50/50.
The vanity publisher usually wants the rights to the book.

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