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Lately I've been running across a lot of these e-publishing houses, and I was hoping someone could explain the benefit to me. They seem to offer to release your work on electronic platforms, and then some of them have a POD option under certain conditions. An example of this is Lyrical Press.
My question is - if I can release my own work electronically all by myself, why would I bother submitting to any of these houses? Do they generally do any kind of promotion for you? Editing? Is it usually in exchange for a chunk of the royalty?
I'm hoping for a general breakdown of the business model, if possible.
Note - I'm not trying to pick on this one particular epub I linked - just one I happened to be looking at and got me thinking.
My question is - if I can release my own work electronically all by myself, why would I bother submitting to any of these houses? Do they generally do any kind of promotion for you? Editing? Is it usually in exchange for a chunk of the royalty?
I'm hoping for a general breakdown of the business model, if possible.
Note - I'm not trying to pick on this one particular epub I linked - just one I happened to be looking at and got me thinking.