This has been very interesting. I have not had experience with
AuthorHouse, but have read about them. It is in the same boat as
PublishAmerica, which I have dealt with in recent years.
(Currently, they agreed to revert all rights back to me, the
author)
A vanity publisher is a vanity publisher regardless what they claim
to be. Self-publishing should never require an author to "sign away
their rights" with an authentic publishing contract! Publishing
Houses are not vanity publishers.
Preditors & Editors is a great source for
learning the good, bad, and the ugly about publishers, editors,
agents, etc. They give great advice and links to find your way
around in the dark world of publishing.
After many hours (years actually) of researching while completing
my novels, I have boiled the cabbage down to two options:
l) Seek an agent and thus if good enough, shoot for the stars
(REAL Publishing Houses)
2) Become a publisher - pay a printer to print your book; retain
all rights; learn how to market, sell and distribute your book.
Spend all your time trying to sell the first novel and forget about
ever having the time to write the next one.
(just a note on the second choice: better begin putting away every
dime you can because it is NOT a cheap choice)
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