You have done your research. In fact, you've logged more late night hours on the internet than you care to admit. You have probably looked at Editors and Preditors, Writers Beware, and the other writing forums that say, "Never pay to be published!" Maybe you have also noticed that many of those forums have not been updated for years.
In 2007, about the time that the forum submissions were written, that was the case. Publishers of all sizes were readily accepting manuscripts for submission. Something happened on the way to writing nirvana, however. The economy crashed. You remember that, don't you?
During the past few years hundreds of small and large publishers have gone out of business. Remember Borders? It kicked the bucket too. Those publishers that have stayed above water are largely "not accepting submissions for the foreseeable future". New writers better have a super agent or a really famous last name if they have any dreams of getting a book out on the market any time soon.
Subsidy publishing, or "Pay for Publish" is now not quite as vile and disgusting in the publishing world as it used to be. For many authors, the idea of creating your own list price, owning the rights to your book, and pocketing more of the profits kind of has a nice ring to it. Some of those big publishing houses that used to bash the subsidy publishing model are now actually adopting it.
As a "traditionally published author" I must admit that I can not see the logic in sticking with the traditional model. The key is finding a company that understands the new market and has the passion for books that you do.
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