#IWSG August 6th
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These are the awesome co-hosts for the August 6 posting of the IWSG are Ronel Janse van Vuuren, Natalie Aguirre, Sarah – The Faux Fountain Pen, and Olga Godim!
August 6 question – What is the most unethical practice in the publishing industry?
ANWSER:
I don’t really know nor thought about it much. I guess not wanting to pay authors what they deserve for their work. Taking away ways we make money and making it not work, or non-existent by creating a pay-to-play system. Taking away Indie friendly tools that have become nonexistent in a pay to play system. .
August 8, 2025 @ 22:00
I never thought about fair pay for indie writers, since it’s generally so difficult to go the traditionally published route (agent search, publishing house search, indie marketing, self-promotion — all when most of us would rather be writing. May the rest of the summer bring you good writing sessions!
August 7, 2025 @ 10:18
Yes, writers deserve to be paid fairly.
August 7, 2025 @ 00:10
I hope those ‘publishing’ swindlers will get what they deserve.
August 6, 2025 @ 17:34
Crappy when publishers don’t pay their authors!
August 6, 2025 @ 16:43
I really would like to publish traditionally at some point, but I also don’t really see many good reasons to do it anymore. They make you market your book and do anything yourself anyway, why should they take a cut of your money if you have to do it all anyway?