On the recommendation that people self-publish themselves. Don’t forget that this involves them paying out hundreds of pounds. Self-publishing is not free. This VDM outfit claims that you don’t pay a penny. Of course, since the price of VDM books are high, you will probably sell fewer copies, thus not getting the money you’d have gotten from self-publishing. The other point is that self-publishing can be a hassle. A final point. As someone who actually got a book published by a respectable academic press, the process of finding one is not as easy as some imagine. I had to send off 17 manuscripts in my field before I finally found a publisher. So folks imagining they can easily find an alternative to either VDM or self-publishing are probably in for a rude shock.
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