I’ve been reading some interesting takes on what self-publishing, vanity publishing, and POD publishing really are.
Apparently*:
…starting your own company to self-publish your own work using whichever form of small-run printing and distribution is fine. That’s ‘real’ publishing with a publisher.
…starting your own company to publish others and using POD formats is subsidy publishing.
…using POD and e-book services such as the entity formerly known as BookSurge (aka Createspace), LSI, Lulu, Smashwords and KDP to self-publish or publish others is vanity publishing.
* NOT my opinions.
These are mine:
First of all, said opinionated …

Draco (Carrie, my youngest daughter, for the non-pagans that know us) informed me tonight that there are two new guests in our house. Twin girls, between 5-7 years old, probably from the late 1800s, from the description of their clothing; long dresses, one blue, one pink, and ruffled sleep-caps.
What interested me is that Draco said the dogs moved out of the way when one of the twins opened the door to let the other one in. The one that came in jumped up on the step to the living room, …

One of the two spots that I have available for full packages (January to April) is now available at 25% off!
A full package includes: substantive edit to 85k words*, follow-up proof*, format for self-pub or submission, full wrap cover, 2 banner ads and a trailer.
Individually these items would total $620, but I offer the full package at $500, and the spot available is discounted a further 25% for the holiday season. So, a $620 value for $375!
The other package remains at 10% off, a $620 value for $450.
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I’ve been keeping myself busy outside of working on the Belfire and client edits/design.
I’ve got a fairly good outline for the Imbolc chapbook, Captain Milo’s Adventures are taking shape quite nicely (even though I still don’t have an illustrator…), I’ve been doing needlework patterns and Carrie has joined me working on rat-stuff all for Etsy – and there’s some photo-manipulations I’ve been working on for ‘fine-art’ prints, also for Etsy. Rhiannon and I have both been working on book trailers, and she’s got a client booked for early 2012.
Of …