How to Avoid Being Ripped Off by a Publisher: Ask These Important Questions Before You Pay to Publish Your Book

You've written a book and found a publisher that wants to publish it. You're excited—until the publisher tells you how much it's going to cost.

How do you know you're going to get your money's worth? Do your research and ask the right questions.

The publishing landscape has changed substantially. Self-publishing and paying to get your book published no longer carries the stigma it once did, but it still carries risk.

Pay-to-publish companies are operations that function much like a traditio...