The Fine Print of Self Publishing by Mark Levine

Jennifer Bogart over at blogcritics.org has written a fine review of Mark Levine's Third Edition of his book titled: The Fine Print of Self-Publishing -- Contracts and Services of 45 Self-Publishing Companies Analyzed, Ranked, and Exposed. See full review here.

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I myself have suffered a bit of personal dissatisfaction with a certain self-publisher, this dissatisfaction led me to switch companies last year. I have not read this book and cannot say that I endorse it, but Ms. Bogart has written a very unbiased review of the book, and her last comment leads me to believe that this book might be a timesaving and invaluable resource for authors seeking to self-publish. I'll let Ms. Bogart's final comment stand on its own:

"Reading The Fine Print is akin to taking a favourite uncle who’s mechanically inclined car shopping with you. Levine walks with you through the services and legalese presented by these companies. If you plan on publishing with a publisher that you pay for its services, you cannot afford to skip reading The Fine Print of Self-Publishing. This is a required title in your stacks of research materials. Shell out the $12.21 at Amazon; you could potentially save thousands of dollars and a vicious, life-long loss of rights to your work that some authors have suffered from at the hands of unethical publishers."