Simon & Schuster has launched a self-publishing operation, Archway Publishing, contracting one of the most disreputable players in the business to run the show: Author Solutions.
We'll get to that distasteful link-up in a second, but first let's have a look at what Simon & Schuster are offering prospective customers (i.e. writers).
Fiction packages start at $1,999 and go up to $14,999.
Okay, I feel it's in the best interests of fellow writers to be warned about this…
Rule one: the money flows to the writer. If it doesn’t, something’s gone wrong.