Earlier this year, the prestigious Penguin launched Book Country, its own self-publishing line. Book Country, according to Penguin, has already picked up over 4000 clients and produced more than 500 works of fiction.Fees for this service range from $99 to $549.
Penguin may add additional services to Book Country in 2012--such as charging fees for online reviews.
More information here: http://bookcountry.com/AboutUs.aspx
3 comments:
What did I expect them to do, wave the white flag?
Penguin just became a vanity publisher.
Penguin certainly has a good reputation but this still seems funny to me. An author paying money to have something published...
A few years ago when vanity presses offered this service it was pretty universally dismissed as a rip-off. Has the situation changed that much?
I find it crazy that Amazon is starting a traditional publishing inprints while Penguin is taking the other route. It's like the universe has tipped or something.
I think everyone--publishers included--are looking for ways to survive.
The answer to everything, imo: PEOPLE NEED TO READ MORE!
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