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Hybrid publishing is the source of debate in the publishing industry, with some viewing hybrid publishers as vanity presses in disguise. [7] 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.
Vanity presses, the wisdom goes, handle books by the rank amateurs, the wannabes, the lowest of the low. Then last month, Vanity Publishing Is Booming, and the Big Houses Want In (at a Price)
If you know of a self-publishing company that is not on the list, please add it. Conversely, if you know that a company on this list is not primarily a self-publishing company, please remove it. Publishers do not have to be notable to be listed here; those that are notable should also be included in the article List of self-publishing companies .
Trade Science is also a shell company of the OMICS Publishing Group, also on Beall's and Cabell's lists. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:02, 23 January 2020 (UTC) @Headbomb: OK, thank you. That does answer my question for this example.
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Hybrid publishing is a term that has emerged since the advent of the internet, to describe a type of publishing which occupies the middle ground between traditional and self-publishing. As the term is relatively new, different interpretations are used by different companies and bodies within the publishing industry, and the exact definition is ...
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The History section seems to be talking specifically about self-publishing, not vanity publishing. If there's debate over the overlap of these subjects then it should be made clearer. Mark Twain publishing his own work through his own printing press may be vain but it certainly doesn't constitute being a 'vanity publisher' - it's self-publishing.