tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post114854118823576773..comments2023-10-17T12:07:59.225+02:00Comments on Sam's Spot: Let's Slam ScamSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1148660337014635332006-05-26T18:18:00.000+02:002006-05-26T18:18:00.000+02:00You go, Sam. Join the crusade!You go, Sam. Join the crusade!s.w. vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102544611773720262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1148577370877153922006-05-25T19:16:00.000+02:002006-05-25T19:16:00.000+02:00whenever anyone finds out that i'm looking for an ...whenever anyone finds out that i'm looking for an agent, they almost always say "oh, why don't you self publish?"<BR/>i just think to myself "you have no stinkin' clue!"barista brathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510119815921727298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1148561749267303112006-05-25T14:55:00.000+02:002006-05-25T14:55:00.000+02:00Thanks for mentioning vanity publishers Wynn! 23,0...Thanks for mentioning vanity publishers Wynn! <BR/>23,000$?? Yikes!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1148543843653162492006-05-25T09:57:00.000+02:002006-05-25T09:57:00.000+02:00Thanks for the heads up on that one. I will forwar...Thanks for the heads up on that one. I will forward it to someone I know is shopping around.<BR/><BR/>The closest I came to a scam (which was actually vanity press stuff) was when my novel (as yet far from finished) was recommended to a well-known Greek publisher. The person who recommended it had been published by them and I had previously done research as to their publications and they looked good. They were definitely interested in Shadow, they said and wanted their historian to check over the historical facts in it. But the catch was this...they wanted me to pay half the pub. costs which would have amounted to something like $23,000 US. (And I don't know if that included a Gr. translation.) Of course I graciously declined and mentioned that usually the author gets paid for their work and doesnt pay the publisher. My writer friend who had recommended me was quite shocked as he only had to pay for a translation. Even so, that cost him about $5000. Beward of vanity presses!Wynn Bextonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08606284153866696343noreply@blogger.com