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I don't see the connection. Vanity publishers make money from the author by basically selling books with a big markup. Here they are just taking IP (of which 9

by jiggy2011 14y ago

I don't see the connection. Vanity publishers make money from the author by basically selling books with a big markup. Here they are just taking IP (of which 99.999% is going to be basically valueless). The only part that might make money would be selling lesson plans, but that would become a saturated market pretty quick.

DanBC 14y ago
A vanity publisher runs a poetry "competition"; they award a first, second, and third prize. They then publish all entries in a book, and people buy the book too see their poem in "print". Schools now do something similar, but without the competition.
- jiggy2011 14y ago
  I see, you mean sell the kids own work back to the parents?
  - rmc 14y ago
    "Little Johnny was in a book! Look, see! He was so good they published it! Isn't that amazing? I'll order you a copy." Slightly sleazy, but clever business plan.