Author Reputation Press

Barbara R. said:

How could she be happy?! I cannot believe she sold anything like enough books to cover $25K. I suspect that like a lot of con victims, she just can't bring herself to admit she was had.

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Well, she managed to get offers to speak at conferences, and her books ended up being translated into a couple different languages, so... some of it worked out for her anyway. But I don't know if she made back what she put in. After her second book, she did decide to step away from the hybrid press. I know she was working on a third, but from what I can tell it has yet to be published.

lizmonster said:

TBF that's more than I got from a Big 5 contract (although financially I did end up in the black).

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Well, and in her case, her successes might have been due to the publicist or her agent more than the press. If she had self-published and still shelled out for a PR person, she might have done just as well and saved some money besides. Who knows?