>charging authors for the service they are buying This description feels weird and vaguely misleading, if only because when I buy, say, auto repair or hair sty

>charging authors for the service they are buying This description feels weird and vaguely misleading, if only because when I buy, say, auto repair or hair styling service, the service provider doesn't consult a panel of other customers to decide whether my service request is worthy of being fulfilled. "Charging authors for the service they are buying" seems a more apt description of straight-up vanity publishing.