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    Get Exposure (In Your Trunk) And Profit (For The Publisher) The Vanity Press Way!

    Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future

    Our Love For Steampunk Is A Longing For Machines That Don't Suck
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    Image of Lampbane Lampbane
    11/23/09

    In reply to Get Exposure (In Your Trunk) And Profit (For The Publisher) The Vanity Press Way!
    I wish Harlequin would start up a sci-fi/romance imprint. Because, oh the smut I would write.

    Inter-species love!
    Clone incest!

    ...what, I've gone too far? Awwww.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/23/09

    In reply to Get Exposure (In Your Trunk) And Profit (For The Publisher) The Vanity Press Way!
    as always...The Onion has a timely solution:
    [www.theonion.com]
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    Image of ♠ Final ♠ ♠ Final ♠
    11/23/09

    In reply to Get Exposure (In Your Trunk) And Profit (For The Publisher) The Vanity Press Way!
    Just send a message (and all your disposible income,) if you have an Invention you'd like to see turned into a reality. I publish books, name stars and sell bridges as well. Just click ♠Final♠ to find out more.
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    11/23/09

    In reply to Get Exposure (In Your Trunk) And Profit (For The Publisher) The Vanity Press Way!
    Small Beer, have you met my friend Comixpress.com?
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    Image of Ausoleil Ausoleil
    11/23/09

    In reply to Get Exposure (In Your Trunk) And Profit (For The Publisher) The Vanity Press Way!
    Sadly, there are enough suburban soccer mom types* with the means to do this that it will actually succeed. They probably wrote back in college, maybe even had some success getting their work from that time published in the school's literary magazine. Every since, they've "had an idea" that they "just know" would be a bestseller.

    What they will produce will probably be poorly melded mashes of different stories that are meandering, pedantic and stocked heavily with cliche.

    Once the Magnum Opus is complete, it can be sold to their friends, who will be expected to gush at the literary genius they are best friends with. If those friends demur, well then, they must not be a friend at all!

    * I freely admit that was a gratuitous stereotype. You could just as easily substitute another, for example, Black-Clad, Galluoise-Smoking Coffee Shop Literist, or even Sports-Blogger-Who-Knows-The-True-Story-Of-His-Team's-Failure and be just as correct.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/23/09

    In reply to Get Exposure (In Your Trunk) And Profit (For The Publisher) The Vanity Press Way!
    Better yet, just send me the money. I can put it to better use and I'll even send you photos the crazy ass weekend in Las Vegas (extra if you want photos from the strip clubs) that I went on with your money.

    If you fall for this scam (like anyone who sends their information to a Nigerian Prince) then you don't really need it anyway.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/23/09

    @ManchuCandidate: are they color photos?
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    11/23/09

    @ManchuCandidate: I would never fall for this or the Nigerian Prince scam. I mean, real money only comes from English barristers who have found me after long and tedious genealogical searches. I received a lovely email from one just the other day and expect a large deposit in my account by the weekend.
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    11/21/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    A solid half of my Lansdale collection is from Subterranian. While I absolutely HATE, HATE, HATE the cover art on pretty much every one, it's nice to know those limited are out there.
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    Image of craigdbpatton craigdbpatton
    11/21/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Ramsey Campbell is "underrated"...? By who? He's won tons of awards, is considered a living legend by the horror and fantasy community, and is "Britain's most respected living horror writer" according to the Oxford Companion to English Literature.

    Some presses you did not mention:

    Ash-Tree Press - an important steward of the classic ghost story tradition and publishers of much acclaimed new work as well.

    Earthling Publications - releasing loads of great books, including a healthy chunk of the work of Glen Hirshberg, one of the most acclaimed authors of horror/dark/weird fiction to emerge this decade.

    Shroud Publications - still very young, but drawing more and more attention to both its flagship magazine and its book line.
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    11/21/09

    @craigdbpatton: I really need to give Campbell another shot. I tried and tried to finish THE COUNT OF ELEVEN about 15 years ago and it was chore. A great big nasty one at that, like latrine after the entire barracks were on a 3-day bender of cheap Shlitz and Pabst....

    Around page 80 I finally gave up.
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    must buy shatner book!
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    Image of redspidey redspidey
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Shatner.
    Shatner?
    Shatner!
    on SUNDAY!
    SUNDAY!!
    SUNDAY!!!

    I hope that's not meant to be him on the cover. The face looks really off.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment redspidey was starred redspidey was unstarred
    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    11/21/09

    @redspidey: AT THE MUD-O-DROOOOME!
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Also Threat Quality Press. We have published ONE WHOLE BOOK!
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    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was starred braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was unstarred
    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    11/20/09

    @braak: and a HALF! Holland's was sorta out, and then not out right?
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/20/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: Yes, true, technically! Technically it's a book and a half!
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    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was starred braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Eraserhead gets an automatic win because of the Shatner Quake. Dear sweet jeebus.
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    I would call this a post that starts with a image that makes you wanna run away. But the hashtag was to long.
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    Edited by Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. at 11/20/09 1:09 PM Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Chris Barrus Chris Barrus
    05/28/09

    In reply to Our Love For Steampunk Is A Longing For Machines That Don't Suck
    I think part of it has to be the pride of work well done. In steampunk you know that Captain Nemo's submarine isn't going to have a faulty starter: it will be a handmade, beautifully tooled piece of equipment.


    Huh? I believe the attraction here is for machines who aren't necessarily reliable but clearly idiosyncratic.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/28/09

    @Chris Barrus: Agreed. It won't be mass-produced, so it will seem prettier, but it won't be any less faulty. Likely to break down more often, in fact, and be much harder to replace than standardized equipment.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/28/09

    In reply to Our Love For Steampunk Is A Longing For Machines That Don't Suck
    Ysabel Wilce is fantastic in all senses of the word. Cannot recommend her books starting with "Flora Segunda" highly enough.

    Read them yourself, give them to your favorite tween and teens, esp. girls.
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