on Christian Editing:

Over the last three weeks we’ve looked at trade publishing, publishing through a small press, and self-publishing.

Any of those can be good options for authors, depending on your genre, writing, and aspirations.

Today we’re looking at a path to publishing that is rarely a good option for the author: vanity publishing.

That’s because vanity publishing goes against publishing’s most important maxim:

Money flows from the publisher to the author