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Hi. Have just heard that indie publishers charge an up front fee to publish your book if it's accepted. Is this true? I've been looking at Accent Press with a view to sending my novel to them but not if I have to pay them up front. Also, has anyone used Accent Press? If so, any helpful hints, please? Thankyou
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However, two of their books that I've bought contained dreadful errors. I'm not sure what services they actually provide or whether authors submit a ready to publish manuscript.
http://www.accentpress.co.uk/Subject/1259/Writing-Books.html
A pay-to-publish company has got its dosh upfront, and they have no incentive to do anything once they've been paid. A publisher that only gets a proportion of receipts has greater need to flog your book so they get their cash - and that means they'll be more inclined to edit too.
Thanks to everyone for your help.
Do let us know how you get on with them.