What does Authors Argument mean?

Answer 1

It usually refers to what an author is trying to convince you of or demonstrate to you in his book, essay, or article. He/she does this by providing opinion based on evidence. Like if I'm against the death penalty, I might say "The death penalty should be abolished because it increases the murder rate." Then I'd explain why I think that is true and try to get you to believe it. (That by the way is a solid argument because some studies show that when news of someone being executed is announced in the paper, it gets weird people the notion that if they murder someone, they could get famous.)

Answer 2

usually, this is a term used in the self-publishing business, meaning that the author shares in the cost of the publication of a book.

They tell you about all the famous authors who were self-published and how you could eventually get picked up by one of the big presses. This is almost impossible in today's world.

The companies that do this pray on we writer's deep desire to see our work published in book form. If you "augment" (Pay them Anywhere from $400 to $2000) you may indeed have your book formatted and ready to print if someone wants to buy it. They would need to stumble accross it. The stores do not carry the book.

IT might be listed with Amazon or Barnes and Noble but it no one is spending more money and time promoting the book and pitching it to distributors, it will never sell even enough to pay the author back the cost of his or her investment.

There is a very good reason these presses are called "Vanity presses". The only thing promoted is the writer's vanity.

Keep pitching your project to legitimate pay-the-author-first publishers. Also, try to get an agent to accept the book. Nowadays, very few publishers even accept unsolicited manuscripts of queries.

Good luck.