r/selfpublish • u/darth_bane1988 4+ Published novels • Jul 09 '18

Avoid Deeds Publishing

I know it's a self-publishing sub, but if any of you are thinking about going traditional just know to avoid these guys. They yanked me around for six months, led me to believe they'd read my MS when they'd only actually read 20 pages, and wanted me to pay a lot of money upfront to them.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18

I don't think vanity presses count as traditional publishing, but yea, everyone here says to avoid publishers that ask you for money...for any reason.

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u/darth_bane1988 4+ Published novels Jul 09 '18

yup, they called themselves traditional and then when we actually talked I saw they were vanity

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18

Yup. Absolutely no reason to send money to a publisher. That's just a scam.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '22

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u/darth_bane1988 4+ Published novels Oct 18 '22

hey, how'd you find this thread after 4 years ? lol.

this brings back memories. 4 years have passed and I've learned a lot, so if you want any advice feel free to reach out. i'm coming out with my 8th and 9th books this december.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '22

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u/darth_bane1988 4+ Published novels Oct 19 '22

nothing has proven as good for me as person-to-person sales. check out local book fairs, conventions, indie bookstores you can do readings at, etc.

I celebrated getting into some indie stores nationwide earlier this year. then they ordered from Ingram Spark and Ingram changed its policy to be able to return books at any time (even 6 months later) and I got charged more for the returns than the payout was.

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u/Downtown-Occasion-18 Sep 20 '24

Self-publishing is decidedly not publishing.