What is Vanity Publishing?
Self-Published Author One of the largest scam projects in the world of publishing is Vanity Publishing . In terms you can relate to this scam works this way. A "publisher" will contact you with a request to publish your book, being a writer this will get your blood rushing until you read the small print. This firm will take out an option on a second book if the first book is a success. Who pays for the publishing cost of the first book? You do. So, you publish a book that is a success , why should you as a self-published author take out an option which gives credit for a second book to people who had no faith in your ability?