J.A. Konrath Criticizes Penguin's Book Country

Earlier this week, Penguin announced that its social networking site for writers has added a self-publishing feature, but not everyone is recommending it.

Best selling self-published author J.A. Konrath has written a blog post warning new writers who are considering self-publishing to consider other routes. In the post, he warns writers about Book Country’s fees for formatting eBooks and the cost for uploading these eBooks to retail stores.

He writes: “Why would you pay Penguin to upload your titles? That’s the easiest part of the self-publishing process.

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