if they can’t print the book because of this, they can keep my deposit and we’ll go our separate ways.
my contact at iUniverse had understood my position well enough after our call to not have wasted my time even offering them.
Things get more serious: Money becomes involved
In other words, iUniverse starts spending its own time and money backing the book.
In other words, if a publisher gets behind a book, it has to make absolutely sure it really is that good:
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if a publisher gets behind a book, it has to make absolutely sure it really is that good:
Self-publishing companies want to publish good books, and to have those books sell because the publisher makes money from these sales, creating revenue streams independent of acquiring new titles and all the work that involves.
What this money buys for a song or a book that would otherwise be lost in a blizzard of titles is the opportunity to get noticed, and if it’s as good as the publisher thinks it is, to sell.