I'll note that there is a set of publishers between Vanity Press & Coporate "Evil" Publishers.
Namely: Edited POD books/Small press.
Meisha Merlin is not a big publisher. Niether is Golden Gryphon. Nor Wheatland Press. All have editors in charge, and the books those publishers release are edited manuscripts. They reject people and in fact may be more picky than some corporate publishers as they don't have the resources to support a huge flop.
And yet, they are respected Genre publishers. They're books appear in some independents & Amazon & on websites. They won't be found in chain bookstores. Unless there is a kind soul in the community donating, they also won't found in the library. Which is unfortunate. What would you say about those publishers?
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Date: 2004-08-06 05:09 pm (UTC)Namely: Edited POD books/Small press.
Meisha Merlin is not a big publisher. Niether is Golden Gryphon. Nor Wheatland Press. All have editors in charge, and the books those publishers release are edited manuscripts. They reject people and in fact may be more picky than some corporate publishers as they don't have the resources to support a huge flop.
And yet, they are respected Genre publishers. They're books appear in some independents & Amazon & on websites. They won't be found in chain bookstores. Unless there is a kind soul in the community donating, they also won't found in the library. Which is unfortunate. What would you say about those publishers?
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