Everyone fromA.C. Crispinto theScience Fiction Writers Of Americahas rushed to condemn Harlequin for startinga self - publishing scam . ButSmall Beer Presshas the good reply : A hilarious parody show how you , too , can blow your money .
Small Beer’sparody imprints , Easymark Books and Upchuck Press , do a in effect business of pointing out the shoddiness of Harlequin ’s conceit publishing dodge than most of the other critics . Here ’s part of the pitch for Easymark Books :
We ’re not interested in monetizing the slushpile , we ’re concerned in get under one’s skin you to pay to publish it for our net income ! *
1 . Let us help you get your script out to your existent readership : your family line and friends .
2 . See you Word on bookshelves ( if not in bookshop - see#1 ) .
3 . For a bare $ 599 we will institutionalize you 5 copies of your script impress on our res publica of the artistic creation Print on Demand system . ( Which sounds just like Lulu.com but is n’t , fine ? ) It will even have a people of colour picture on the covering - with , and sit down because this is about to get awing , Your Name Right There On the Cover !
But that ’s not all — for an add fee , you may have access to such amazing services as spellchecking ! And an medical intern who will tell you to absent most of the adverbs from your prose ! It vocalize almost too effective to be dead on target . If actually hone your composition to the point where a real agent and literal editor in chief might be interested in it sounds like too much piece of work , and too much like buying into the organization — be a nerveless maverick and send all your money to Easymark Press . You hump it ’s where you go . [ Small Beer Press ]
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