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Can their authors buy it framed from the PA store?
~brianm~
I'm sure they can. PA is very much into making dough.
Can their authors buy it framed from the PA store?
~brianm~
I am thrilled to learn my book has been published by PA and am waiting to receive the actual 1st copy in my hand. Any idea how long that may be? It's been a week and I am anxiously waiting as I want to order more books, but want to make sure the 1st copy is exact and with no unexpected gross errors that PA says does happen on occasion.
I made last minute revisions since I didn't realize that they don't edit anything. So it took 2 weeks to get the editing fixed and then another 2 to see my book. I spent the $50 that they offer you, whether it mattered or not, to see my book as soon as I could… I also wondered what errors were still missed as I waited for it to come. If there are any missed they do deals where you can change them later.
My dream has come true! I am a published author!
I'm sure they can. PA is very much into making dough.
# 1 My first book didn't come, PA sent it to the wrong address even though I called and wrote to change the address 3 times.
# 2, 21 books I ordered and paid for also went to that address too.
That address is a Arabic owned UPS that wants many months back rent before they will give me my mail that there holding hostage. I cancelled there service 6 months ago.
#3 When I turned in the finial, Patrick sent the proof back writing make a list of mistakes, he'll fix them. He didn't. He wrote he had and it was going to print.
# 4 PA gave me 3 chances to make changes to the oringinal e mail scrambled transcipt. But I didn't have a book yet. They sent it to the wrong address.
#5 Two weeks later I received 50 books I ordered under another order. Thats when I realized the book was all messed up.
#6 On 5/13/19 I sent a email to Kristen stating these things and havent gotten a responce. Other letters before.
Half the time PA doesn't anser e mails. Half the time they don't anser the phone or return messages. Now what.
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Wheres the book?
with no unexpected gross errors that PA says does happen on occasion.
Half the time PA doesn't anser e mails. Half the time they don't anser the phone or return messages. Now what.
Yes, publishers do market, vanity presses do not; nor do any self publishing houses. Even though small publishers don't have the funds to do all of the promotions, they do a lot more than a vanity press.
The writer helps to promote the book by doing book signings, interviews, etc. Commercial publishers spend thousands of dollars on marketing. That is why it is so very difficult to get accepted with them, and usually with an agent selling the work for you. Vanity presses, whether they charge up front fees or add their production costs to the price of books plus shipping, don't do the marketing, or the promotion. Some might offer that as a service you pay for, but most don't.
Commercial publishers also offer large discounts to bookstores, and have books reviewed before they go to print. Vanity presses or self publishing houses don't. They rely on you getting your own reviews after the book is in print.
I don't believe I've ever heard of big name authors doing their own marketing. Promotions such as book signings, speaking events, etc., are usually set up by the publisher and the author only has to show up. The books will also be provided for those events by the publisher at no cost to the author. They aren't required to bring their own books to these events either.
Commercial publishers don't advertise their services with online ads. They expect that a writer will do their research as well as read, and follow their submission guidelines.
I'm not saying their isn't a need for vanity or self publishing houses, just that with those you don't get marketing or promotion for your work like you do with big name publishers.
Good luck to all.
Commercial publishers spend thousands of dollars on marketing. That is why it is so very difficult to get accepted with them, and usually with an agent selling the work for you.
Half the time PA doesn't anser e mails. Half the time they don't anser the phone or return messages. Now what.
Yes, publishers do market, vanity presses do not; nor do any self publishing houses. Even though small publishers don't have the funds to do all of the promotions, they do a lot more than a vanity press.
The writer helps to promote the book by doing book signings, interviews, etc. Commercial publishers spend thousands of dollars on marketing. That is why it is so very difficult to get accepted with them, and usually with an agent selling the work for you. Vanity presses, whether they charge up front fees or add their production costs to the price of books plus shipping, don't do the marketing, or the promotion. Some might offer that as a service you pay for, but most don't.
Commercial publishers also offer large discounts to bookstores, and have books reviewed before they go to print. Vanity presses or self publishing houses don't. They rely on you getting your own reviews after the book is in print.
I don't believe I've ever heard of big name authors doing their own marketing. Promotions such as book signings, speaking events, etc., are usually set up by the publisher and the author only has to show up. The books will also be provided for those events by the publisher at no cost to the author. They aren't required to bring their own books to these events either.
Commercial publishers don't advertise their services with online ads. They expect that a writer will do their research as well as read, and follow their submission guidelines.
I'm not saying their isn't a need for vanity or self publishing houses, just that with those you don't get marketing or promotion for your work like you do with big name publishers.
Good luck to all.
I am new author and I am not understanding when everyone is talking about making contact with the bookstores. It appears that we must contact them about carrying out books online?? PA doesn't present us to them? If I need to reach out to them I would greatly appreciate knowing how you went about this.
Yes, publishers do market, vanity presses do not; nor do any self publishing houses. Even though small publishers don't have the funds to do all of the promotions, they do a lot more than a vanity press.
The writer helps to promote the book by doing book signings, interviews, etc. Commercial publishers spend thousands of dollars on marketing. That is why it is so very difficult to get accepted with them, and usually with an agent selling the work for you. Vanity presses, whether they charge up front fees or add their production costs to the price of books plus shipping, don't do the marketing, or the promotion. Some might offer that as a service you pay for, but most don't.
Commercial publishers also offer large discounts to bookstores, and have books reviewed before they go to print. Vanity presses or self publishing houses don't. They rely on you getting your own reviews after the book is in print.
I don't believe I've ever heard of big name authors doing their own marketing. Promotions such as book signings, speaking events, etc., are usually set up by the publisher and the author only has to show up. The books will also be provided for those events by the publisher at no cost to the author. They aren't required to bring their own books to these events either.
Commercial publishers don't advertise their services with online ads. They expect that a writer will do their research as well as read, and follow their submission guidelines.
I'm not saying their isn't a need for vanity or self publishing houses, just that with those you don't get marketing or promotion for your work like you do with big name publishers.
Good luck to all.
I made two lists of corrections on the finial proof and sent in the wrong one. Then accused PA of not makeing the changes. SORRY.
In my defence I was hit with a lot of Radiation that night from Three Mile Island and sort of got in real bad shape. I used to live a mile away. They opened the containment center and released more radiation in one weekend than allowed in three months. Over 200 rems an hour / over 40 rems an hour average for 72 hours. 2880 + allowed is 1800 over three months.
Yes, publishers do market, vanity presses do not; nor do any self publishing houses. Even though small publishers don't have the funds to do all of the promotions, they do a lot more than a vanity press.
The writer helps to promote the book by doing book signings, interviews, etc. Commercial publishers spend thousands of dollars on marketing. That is why it is so very difficult to get accepted with them, and usually with an agent selling the work for you. Vanity presses, whether they charge up front fees or add their production costs to the price of books plus shipping, don't do the marketing, or the promotion. Some might offer that as a service you pay for, but most don't.
Commercial publishers also offer large discounts to bookstores, and have books reviewed before they go to print. Vanity presses or self publishing houses don't. They rely on you getting your own reviews after the book is in print.
I don't believe I've ever heard of big name authors doing their own marketing. Promotions such as book signings, speaking events, etc., are usually set up by the publisher and the author only has to show up. The books will also be provided for those events by the publisher at no cost to the author. They aren't required to bring their own books to these events either.
Commercial publishers don't advertise their services with online ads. They expect that a writer will do their research as well as read, and follow their submission guidelines.
I'm not saying their isn't a need for vanity or self publishing houses, just that with those you don't get marketing or promotion for your work like you do with big name publishers.
Good luck to all.
I made two lists of corrections on the finial proof and sent in the wrong one. Then accused PA of not makeing the changes. SORRY.
In my defence I was hit with a lot of Radiation that night from Three Mile Island and sort of got in real bad shape. I used to live a mile away. They opened the containment center and released more radiation in one weekend than allowed in three months. Over 200 rems an hour / over 40 rems an hour average for 72 hours. 2880 + allowed is 1800 over three months.
Dear Three Mile Island:
How dare you irradiate one of our customers. Because of this major inconvenience, they may not be able to accept one of our Special Offers and Miranda may not be able to pay her stable fees on time. We demand you apologize at once for your foolish behavior.
Sincerely,
[name redacted],
[name redacted] want you to make contact with her. She is having problems logging on the message board.
Why would you make two separate lists of corrections? When I've done errata - it's all on one list. I don't have an A list and B list.
That doesn't make any sense to me.
Vanity presses do not send out press releases of any kind. Vanity presses do not help you set up book signings.
PA helps you do both of those, and with out any cost to you. I see your thinly attacking PA in this post. PA is a hybrid publishing house, and it's superior to true vanity presses.
It's superior to LuLu, or create a space which are vanity presses as well. None of those will help you promote your work.
Is PA slower then other publishers that help promote your work? Yes, but it doesn't claim to be one of the big 6, nor does it have the resources to be.
PA is good for any author that wants a break in this life.
I'm a new PA author here as well. It's nice to meet you. Well here's the bad news... Most of the world out there is filled with miss information about PA. In fact the first time I ever heard about it was at another site that was screaming they were a scam. Of course being a baby author at the time I believed them.
It wasn't till a lot later that I actually did my own research and realized that the most of the crap being said about them is what I like to call the mob mentality. Basically one or two people start sniveling about what happened to them. They do this till they find some one else pissed off about some thing thy perceived as a problem. Before you know it, these people snowball into other people who think they have a problem and they join in.
In the end you have to look at a few things. Most of the arguments are from people who have no idea what they signed or who they signed up with. So they come into this contract thinking one of the big 6 publishers have just signed them, and their about to become the next JK Rowling of the world.
So people find back ass ways to make PA appear to be some thing they aint. I came into this contract with my eyes open knowing full well what I was doing. I could of went to Create a space, or lulu. But there just self publishing company's, that do absolutely nothing for you. If you want them to do anything they charge you for it. Lots of people are pissed at them too, but they have enough fan boys shouting everyone down so it's difficult to hear them.
If you wanted a large advance, and a big promotional arm of a giant company, then you needed to be picked up by one of the big 6, or even a smaller press like penguin. The problem is, first you have to get by the gate keepers. There called agents. Even if you do that, you still most likely wont get published because 98% of all manuscripts are rejected, because they don't think it's worth the risk. they want to make money, and like stocks, they go for something that looks a lot like the last big winner, or that comes with a lot of pre-sales, because your famous.
PA is not a vanity press because they do everything for free. They design your cover. They send out press releases to to the stores and papers you want, they help you get book signings. What is there to hate about them? People say oh they make you buy your own books. So do the big publishers. They may give you more free copies then PA, but they have more money. Anyways theres a short explination to some of your questions. this is getting long enough.