Kat Dancing

For those of you who don't yet understand why many people flinch violently at the mention of Publish America, I suggest you read this review. Actually, read it no matter what. It's damned funny.

Somewhere out there is a woman sitting and confidently waiting for the money to roll in, because she's been told that she was a "hidden talent", kept from stardom only because of the stupidity of the big publishing company. Because she's been assured that "PublishAmerica is NOT in any way a POD, vanity press, or subsidy publisher, and has nothing in common with them." Because she's been "selected" by this real publisher, one that would look her work, would even "assign an editor who will spend time going through the text" -- and (judging from other PA author's stories) told her she was just so talented, she didn't need to change a word.

And on the reader's end... well, by the simple law of averages, PA is probably putting out some good stuff. But who wants to risk getting this? Much safer to pick up something from a real publisher. It might be trite, overdone, even downright bad -- but it'll be half the price for a book twice as long, and at least it'll be literate.

Bah. Need alcohol now.