{"id":5542,"date":"2014-10-04T15:44:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T15:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookim.org\/?page_id=5542"},"modified":"2014-10-04T15:44:56","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T15:44:56","slug":"how-to-avoid-self-publishing-scams-ripoff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/how-to-avoid-self-publishing-scams-ripoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning: Self-Publishing Scams and Ripoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Avoid Scams from Vanity Publishing or Subsidy Publishers,<br \/> Talk to Us First on How to Create and Sell Your Book<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_blurb admin_label=&#8221;Blurb&#8221; title=&#8221;The Big RipOffs: Vanity Publishers &#038; Subsidy Publishers&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;\ue0eb&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#2ea3f2&#8243; use_circle=&#8221;off&#8221; circle_color=&#8221;#108bf5&#8243; use_circle_border=&#8221;off&#8221; circle_border_color=&#8221;#108bf5&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>New authors are being taken advantage of by Vanity Publishers and Subsidy Publishers. 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