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AuthorHouse, formerly known as 1stBooks, is a self-publishing company based in the United States. AuthorHouse uses print-on-demand business model and technology. [1]
Author Solutions is the parent company of a number of vanity presses, including AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford Publishing, Xlibris, Palibrio, and Booktango. [2] The company is headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana , and has been owned by Najafi Companies since 2015.
iUniverse focuses on print-on-demand self-publishing and a service the company refers to as "assisted self-publishing" which critics say is indicative of vanity press [2] [3] since authors are asked to pay from US$400 [4] to $15,000 for additional services. [5]
Hybrid publishing is the source of debate in the publishing industry, with some viewing hybrid publishers as vanity presses in disguise. [7] [dead link ] However, a true hybrid publisher is selective in what they publish and will share the costs (and therefore the risks) with the author, whereas with a vanity press, the author pays the full cost of production and therefore carries all the risk.
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This is the first prototype of a monthly (or quarterly) report that provides an overview of the use of self-published sources across Wikipedia projects, as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia reliability.
The Lulu Blooker Prize was a literary award for "blooks" (books based on blogs). [10] It was awarded in 2006 and 2007 and sponsored by Lulu. An overall prize was awarded, based on the winners of three subsidiary categories: non-fiction, fiction, and comics.