2.) My fee includes worldwide distribution through Baker & Taylor--which means something to those vendors to whom it means something.

3.) I don't have to pay for or personally handle warehousing and shipping, or pay additionally for these essentials--no matter how many times my book is reprinted.

4.) I own copyright to my work--not subsidy publisher.

5.) The company's finished products have a professional appearance in terms of paper and bookcover stock and print quality.

6.) I didn't want to wait until a traditional publisher picked up Taneesha's Treasures of Heart; story was unconventional enough that I believed I had to make substantial sales before traditional publishers realized there was a market for this type of book.

Now that Taneesha's Treasures of Heart is in print, my co-publisher has provided me with a significant additional reason to be glad about my decision to use their services: As I continue to learn more about publishing business and approach them to revisit certain terms of my contract, they have been flexible about doing so.

I would never tell anyone that they should stay away from every subsidy publisher, no more than I would dissuade someone from totally self-publishing, publishing POD or seeking a traditional publisher. Rather, because I realize that so much of what I've learned and achieved in relation to my book is result of people sharing their expertise with me, my approach to disseminating information is to provide balanced assessments of what reality of publishing is so that writers can make well-informed decisions about how they want to proceed with their work.

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TOO REJECTED? There's only one way to get rid of it. Forget it - but only after you've forgiven those who are doing rejecting. They don't know your side of it and even if they did, they probably wouldn't understand anyway. Pick yourself up, evaluate your expertise and set about making money writing as you work at home.

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