My god...

[conuly]

This kind of crap gets published? IT USES WOLFSPEAK, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! Orbs! ORBS!

I'm very scared. I want my bearybear back.

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[azarias.livejournal.com]

PublishAmerica. It's a self-publisher. You give them $300, they give you a stack of books and tell you you're sweet.

[conuly]

They're EVIL. Have they no shame?

[mortaine.livejournal.com]

I think that question is answered pretty automatically by the link you provided....

But seriously.... self publishing is the way to go when you have an esoteric non-fiction subject that you're an expert on and know there isn't a wide enough market to sell more than 1,000 copies, but you also know the size of the market and the fact that you *will sell* a copy to all 900 people in the field.

Uh, examples? Ok, something like a guide to opening your own bookstore.... I bought a self-published copy of this book (it's actually a binder of materials, but could easily have been self-published into a book). Probably a hundred or so people buy this book every year, but the authors are very confident that people looking to get into the industry will buy either their book or the one put out by their competitor, and probably both (after all, they're book lovers!)