Assisted Publishing

Main Characteristics:

• Often referred to as a “vanity publisher.”
• Better royalties than traditional publishing but less than self-publishing.
• Author must pay upfront fee for a package of services.
• Service provider will only do what has been paid for.
• Any and all work is accepted, regardless of content/quality.

Positives:

• Author doesn’t have to find services.
• Author only needs to be able to write a check or make a credit card payment.

Negatives:

• You get what you pay for.
• Publisher tries to sell you services you “must” have, which have little value.
• Books published this way are often seen as lower quality.
• Some publishers have a poor reputation, which may reflect on the author.