From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 9/1/14, 9:25 AM, Nicky wrote:   
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   > I've been sent a contract for my kid's horror story. There's no advance and   
   the terms are not particularly great. The company is not well known, the   
   jackets are terrible and i am wondering if it might not be better to self pub   
   or try to pub through    
   some kind of author's collective for kid's stuff.   
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   	My rule of thumb: No advance? They're not a real publisher. A real   
   publisher believes they'll make money from my book, and they demonstrate   
   this belief by giving me some portion of that money up front. If they   
   don't believe in my book enough to do that, then I don't believe they'll   
   be doing a good enough job with my book to be given the rights to it.   
      
   	Self-pub IS going to be a lot more work; I'm doing that with   
   _Polychrome_ now, and it's definitely a pain in the butt. Worth doing if   
   you want to get it out there, but it'll be a lot of work, and there's no   
   one backstopping you at any step unless you're paying for it; getting   
   the cover, getting pro editing, etc.? That's gonna cost you.   
      
      
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