Does any one know???

[Dawn Renae Rarick-Kollman]

I have previously posted this in a blog, but have had no replies.
I heard recently that if I have published a book by self publishing, subsidy publishing, or using a print on demand such as PublishAmerica, that I cannot use them as credits on my publication resume.
Does anyone know if this is true or not?

[William Butler]

Depends upon to whom you intend to submit your resume. Unfortunately there is a great deal of discrimination within the publishing world. It tends to go hand-in-hand with the arrogance among some sectors of the profession. However, you should always remember a basic truth about the purpose of a resume. It is designed to provide a prospective publisher or employer with an overview of your work history. If you have successful published a novel, it matter less through what channel than the merit of the content and what success you have had at marketing.

Additionally, and especially with regard to print-on-demand publishers, the name is a reference to the method of printing (computerized rather than off-set) rather than whether the publishing house is respectable. In the end, no matter how you bacame published, you will still need to validate your work. If you've sold a thousand copies of your work through self publishing, you're still more successful than an author who sold fifty copies through a traditional publisher.

Be well,
William