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As one whose first career and first love was publishing in London, let me
add something about self-publishing.
Although self-publishing is respectable and the less commercial genres of
literature (e.g. poetry) only see the light of day through this medium, the
only limitation to publication is whether the writer can afford it or not.
These publishing companies do not have expert editors who check the
credibility of the work or its authors and the author has sole
responsibility for checking the text for errors, either factual or
grammatical.
So any idiot can write a piece of rubbish and provided he has the money to
have it published and promoted, his product can have an ISBN number and
appear to be a bone fide book sold in bookshops and online.
If the author has contacts, this product may even be reviewed in newslpapers
and literary journals.
But when it comes to non-fiction parenting books, most discerning readers
prefer a book that has passed the test of the highly competitive publishing
houses, been read by professional editors.
Since publishing is highly competitive today, some excellent books may slip
through the net, but if they are well written and have useful information
they will sometimes be published by a non-profit organization. e.g. my
nephew Andrew Don wrote a beautiful book: "Fathers Feels Too" about men`s
experiences of pregnancy loss. This is published by SANDS in the UK, the
Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society and the profits go to the
organization.
The book by the anti-breastfeeding father is hardly likely to be adopted by
La Leche! But let`s not give it too much airing because the author might
sell it through the formula "information services".
Wendy Blumfield
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