AmbrosiaArts
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an authors opinion of chbb
There have been concerns brought to my attention about my previous posts. Some of them were grammatical! Oops. You’re right, I should pay better attention no matter the circumstance.
Now in regards to Crushing Hearts Black Butterfly, Hot Ink Press and Vamptasy… Do I think the companies are worth their weight? No. Have I seen the harm they can cause? Yes. Would I ever advise an author to submit to them again? No. Do they pay royalties? Yes on most things such as fulls, novellas, single short stories. (I gave the example of prequels here.) For Anthologies, they do not pay the writer royalties. It is stated in the anthologie contracts I have seen, No currency of any kind will be paid by the publisher to the author, it continues on, Profits made from this anthology will be used to fund future anthology projects for new artists.
To be honest, when done correctly and marketed appropriately I think that is a terrific idea! It could be so well used to help small indie presses promote the authors and as I hope to one day help do, get them to events that otherwise they may not be able to afford.
I admit openly I was not of sound mind last night. I made a bad judgment call because I felt attacked I felt my friends were attacked I felt innocent people were attacked and it was vastly inappropriate for me to come here when someone gave me the link to this thread.
However, I do think that my voice should be heard. I am not slandering. I am giving you my opinions for the questions asked.
I think any indie press is a great way for a new author to get in the market –when the work is ready- if they can’t afford to self-publish. I know a lot of them now that I have started working in other parts of the publishing world. Some are great. Some are really not. I learned last week some do honestly no more than amazon. I am not regarding chbb. I am stating I studied up on small presses vs self-publishing and learned some small presses are just self-publishing other author’s books for them through amazon. I think it’s wrong but I am pretty certain it’s not illegal.
Do I like all of the work CHBB puts out? Not really, no. But I could say the same thing about little and brown. Their graphics I will make the same statement about. As far as crediting inappropriately, perhaps it was over looked and misprinted in the books. Perhaps it wasn’t. In the end, all I can say is I don’t mean to offend anyone. I made good friends through this publishing trio of companies. Met wonderful writers. Made fantastic business contacts that I look forward to working with in the future.
I’ll stop here I think I have addressed everything. If not, feel free to mention so. (i bolded this to try and help but this was the font that came up automatically. If someone can tell me how to adjust this automatically I would appreciate!)
There have been concerns brought to my attention about my previous posts. Some of them were grammatical! Oops. You’re right, I should pay better attention no matter the circumstance.
Now in regards to Crushing Hearts Black Butterfly, Hot Ink Press and Vamptasy… Do I think the companies are worth their weight? No. Have I seen the harm they can cause? Yes. Would I ever advise an author to submit to them again? No. Do they pay royalties? Yes on most things such as fulls, novellas, single short stories. (I gave the example of prequels here.) For Anthologies, they do not pay the writer royalties. It is stated in the anthologie contracts I have seen, No currency of any kind will be paid by the publisher to the author, it continues on, Profits made from this anthology will be used to fund future anthology projects for new artists.
To be honest, when done correctly and marketed appropriately I think that is a terrific idea! It could be so well used to help small indie presses promote the authors and as I hope to one day help do, get them to events that otherwise they may not be able to afford.
I admit openly I was not of sound mind last night. I made a bad judgment call because I felt attacked I felt my friends were attacked I felt innocent people were attacked and it was vastly inappropriate for me to come here when someone gave me the link to this thread.
However, I do think that my voice should be heard. I am not slandering. I am giving you my opinions for the questions asked.
I think any indie press is a great way for a new author to get in the market –when the work is ready- if they can’t afford to self-publish. I know a lot of them now that I have started working in other parts of the publishing world. Some are great. Some are really not. I learned last week some do honestly no more than amazon. I am not regarding chbb. I am stating I studied up on small presses vs self-publishing and learned some small presses are just self-publishing other author’s books for them through amazon. I think it’s wrong but I am pretty certain it’s not illegal.
Do I like all of the work CHBB puts out? Not really, no. But I could say the same thing about little and brown. Their graphics I will make the same statement about. As far as crediting inappropriately, perhaps it was over looked and misprinted in the books. Perhaps it wasn’t. In the end, all I can say is I don’t mean to offend anyone. I made good friends through this publishing trio of companies. Met wonderful writers. Made fantastic business contacts that I look forward to working with in the future.
I’ll stop here I think I have addressed everything. If not, feel free to mention so. (i bolded this to try and help but this was the font that came up automatically. If someone can tell me how to adjust this automatically I would appreciate!)
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