David Gaughran throws down the gauntlet in his excellent blog post The Author Exploitation Business . He writes: [Being a writer is] a ...

Simon & Schuster Creates A Self-Publishing Portal Just today Simon & Schuster announced it's partnering with Author Solut...

I was first introduced to the idea of the vanity press by Umberto Eco in his book Foucault's Pendulum. Eco does an excellent job of e...

Update (August 16, 2016): It looks as though Book Country no longer exists. Penguin Group's latest venture is Book Country , a webs...