Top Self Publishing Firms: How Writers Get Published, Sell More Books, And Rise To The Top [Paperback]

Stacie Vander Pol

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(from the publisher) Stacie Vander Pol has done exhaustive research to uncover the self-publishing firms that sell more books, pay the highest royalties, and provide the best overall value for writers.

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(from Michael) The book description says, "Stacie Vander Pol has done exhaustive research to uncover the self-publishing firms that sell more books, pay the highest royalties, and provide the best overall value for writers."

     The back cover proclaims that this book "is the only book on the market that dares to evaluate self publishing companies based on the sales results of their books."

    Well, I dare to evaluate Stacie's book, and I hereby proclaim that Stacie's fundamental premise is baloney. The choice of a self-publishing company has little (or probably nothing) to do with the sales of a book.

    The brand name that appears on a self-published book does not help to sell it. The fact that a book is published by Xlibris or Infinity does not mean that the book meets high standards. Lulu founder Bob Young told Publishers Weekly. “We publish a huge number of really bad books.”

     Stacie loves dishonest and incompetent Outskirts Press  ("excellent," "does everything well.") -- but chose CreateSpace to publish this book.
    Stacie's ranking of publishers (even if it truly represents relative sales) merely reflects relative sales -- and the sales DO NOT necessarily reflect the talents, policies or connections of the publishers. Pizza Hut sells more pizzas than any other company, but its sales volume does not reflect the quality of its pizza -- merely the company's ubiquity and prices.

    Stacie's research has developed some interesting comparative information, but none of it will help you choose the "top" company to publish your book.

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