{"id":3893,"date":"2009-12-07T22:53:29","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T02:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shilohwalker.wordpress.com\/?p=3893"},"modified":"2009-12-07T22:53:29","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T02:53:29","slug":"my-response-to-mr-kevin-weiss-of-author-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/2009\/12\/my-response-to-mr-kevin-weiss-of-author-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"My response to Mr. Kevin Weiss of Author Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Mr Weiss of Author Solutions (Author Solutions is in with the HQN\/HHz\/Dellarte Press mess) has a video response<\/a> to the outcry coming from the writing community.<\/p>\n

Here’s my response to his response.<\/p>\n

Mr. Weiss, if Author Solutions truly represented SELF PUBLISHING, I’d have less of an issue.\u00a0 Granted, the deal where they go after the writers who HQN rejects sucks and as long as that continues, it’s going to be a stain on HQN’s reputation in my eyes.\u00a0 But AS and the deal with Dellarte Press doesn’t strike me as ‘self publishing.\u00a0 They can call it ‘assisted self publishing’ all they want, but that’s just a pretty little shine.\u00a0 What I see when I look at their site is a vanity press.\u00a0 Plain and simple.\u00a0 One where the writer fronts one huge, whopping chunk of money and even after fronting all that money, the writer still has to split the profits.\u00a0 That’s not<\/em> self publishing.<\/p>\n

I don’t have a problem with self publishing.\u00a0 If a writer wants that option, go for it.\u00a0 Research and if you decide that’s the deal for you, give it a shot.<\/p>\n

Just make sure you know your options.<\/p>\n

Mr Weiss also seems interested in providing aspiring writers with ‘options’.\u00a0 Granted, writers won’t find many hard facts when researching AS, so it’s hard to really understand all the options.\u00a0 After all, when researching options, one does it to make an informed<\/em> choice and informed choices are hard to make without knowing facts.<\/p>\n

I’m not overly impressed with his video response.\u00a0 Comes off to me as just spin.\u00a0 Nothing else.\u00a0 No substance.\u00a0 I’m also curious about the comment moderation up at Youtube.\u00a0 Will AS be letting all opinions be seen or just those that don’t disagree?<\/p>\n

Writers, I will agree with one thing Mr. Weiss says.\u00a0 He says research the market.<\/p>\n

Yes.\u00a0 By all means.\u00a0 And if you’re really serious about self-publishing, make sure you research well.\u00a0\u00a0 In my opinion, there are much better, more affordable options out there.\u00a0 One where you may have to front the money, but you also keep all the profits.\u00a0\u00a0 Options that don’t include charging nearly $1000 for a bunch of stuff you can set up for free<\/a>, in under a couple of hours.\u00a0 And no, I’m not joking…nearly $1000 to set up a writer on myspace, facebook, wordpress, goodreads, shelfari, etc.\u00a0 Set up on those doesn’t cost a nickel.\u00a0 Just some time.\u00a0 And while I might considerable my time valuable, it sure as hell isn’t worth nearly $1000 for about 2 hours worth of work.\u00a0 Or less…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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