Brayer Publishing

And they aren't accepting any unsolicited queries. That one book must be taking up a LOT of time.

Pass.

Yes, Brayer's sole author is also the owner:

http://www.lookupbook.com/people/il/frankfort/dianne-gallagher

Nothing we haven't seen before.

There are so many of these publishing companies that exist primarily or solely to publish and service the publisher's own work. Can we come up with a name for them, like YADS for display sites?

HapiSofi said:

Nothing we haven't seen before.

There are so many of these publishing companies that exist primarily or solely to publish and service the publisher's own work. Can we come up with a name for them, like YADS for display sites?

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YAAP: Yet Another Author/Publisher?

(With apologies to Mrs Yaap, my beloved high school journalism teacher.)

jennontheisland said:

Agreed. There is a distinct difference. The only reason I posted this one is because they claim to take submissions of other people's work, even if it is by invitation only.

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That is the big distinction. It's not a problem if self-published authors have their own imprints. All they can do is screw up their own books, which are their own property and their own look-out. It's when they solicit other writers' work, and undertake to publish it, that we take an interest in them.

Open submissions and submission by invitation only are both solicitation. They're asking to be granted the use of other authors' work.

A basic explanation for anyone who hasn't previously run into this pattern: it's a tipoff when a flaky new startup publishes books written by the founder and publisher. What it generally means is that that person didn't get into the business because they wanted to be a publisher; they did it because they wanted to get their own books published. It doesn't bode well for their competence, expertise, or long-term fortitude.