Whats the difference between self-publishing and subsidy publishing?
In subsidy publishing, the book’s creator gives up control of the project and pays the publishing company to publish the work. In self-publishing, the book’s creator controls all aspects of publication from editing to printing through marketing and even shipping. Self-publishing requires large amounts of time and money. A self-published book can easily cost more than $20,000 to produce and promote properly, but the self-publisher also receives all profits-if any-from the book. Book creators who self-publish receive more respect than those who subsidy-publish, but some bookstores and libraries still don’t stock self-published books. For more information on self-publishing, see the SCBWI Publications Guide.
