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So you've locked the first book in a series into a contract that will last seven years. You've sold first publication rights to a notorious vanity press. Think they're not? They admit it:
http://bb.publishamerica.com/viewtopic.php?t=31473
Nobody in the publishing industry thinks this is a publishing credit, but at the same time all story rights, character rights, etc., now belong to them for seven years. Whether by accident or design you are now playing Author — the Roleplaying Game rather than going through the pain of hunting for a legitimate agent and publisher. That is not an easy thing to undo.
The diploma mill analogy is apt, except the diploma received would have to cost three times as much as Harvard. You've got a $35 paperback on your hands. How do you expect to sell that?
http://bb.publishamerica.com/viewtopic.php?t=31473
Nobody in the publishing industry thinks this is a publishing credit, but at the same time all story rights, character rights, etc., now belong to them for seven years. Whether by accident or design you are now playing Author — the Roleplaying Game rather than going through the pain of hunting for a legitimate agent and publisher. That is not an easy thing to undo.
The diploma mill analogy is apt, except the diploma received would have to cost three times as much as Harvard. You've got a $35 paperback on your hands. How do you expect to sell that?