The traditional publisher Penguin/Pearson acquired Author Solutions back in 2012 for $116-million and merged with Random House in 2013. Author Solutions operates under different names, such as iUniverse, BookTango, AuthorHouse, Trafford, Xlibris, Palibrio and others. The company’s business model makes money by selling publishing packages to authors. Critics say the service is far overpriced – [...]
Writing, Publishing, Promotion
I was looking at the back cover of “I Am Charlotte Simmons” by Tom Wolfe. In small type near the bottom is the notation “Reading Group Guide available online” and it gives a website. Here’s the link to the guide. It begins with the standard back-of-the-book (or metadata, or Amazon description) blurb – perhaps a [...]
