Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Andrew Demcak

Andrew Demcak's publishers are in no way vanity presses. By definition, a vanity press is one in which a) all submissions to the press are published (i.e., submissions are not refereed by an editorial gatekeeper); and b) all authors have to pay in order to be published. In such instances, an author pays the vanity press to publish his/her work -- and regardless of the quality of the work, it is accepted for publication if the author has paid for it to be published.

BlazeVOX, Three Candles, and Casa Menendez do not publish everything that is sent to them, and do not require payment from the author as a precondition for publishing the work. Each of these presses is staffed by hard-working publishers and editors with established reputations in small-press publishing. Each press, too, has established itself as an important small-press destination for writers (no contemporary writer would think that any of these presses is a vanity press).

It is crucial to keep in mind that "print on demand" is not "self publishing." Instead, "print on demand" is merely a description of the technology used by a number of different presses. It is not a description of editorial policy and it has nothing to do with vanity publishing. (Indeed, university presses, among others, are turning to print on demand technology.)

Andrew Demcak's article should not be removed from Wikipedia, then, because a) his books have come from refereed presses and not vanity presses; and b) "print on demand" is a description of a technological method of book production, not a description of an editorial policy. Rhipidon66 (talk) 18:36, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

WP:REQUEST —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.121.157.130 (talk) 23:23, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Please undelete the article on Andrew Demcak.  It is only fair that the people who review this article for deletion are familiar with the current American independent literary publishing scene.  Please consider having a third party editor, perhaps, the editor of Dzanc Books  review this article.  If you just asked, "Who is the editor of Dzanc Books" you are NOT qualified to review this article for deletion.
 * Ask an admin to "userfy" it for you, then improve the secondary sourcing. Then ask the deleting admin if it is improved enough to return to "mainspace". Best if you make an account first. Abductive  (reasoning) 23:34, 3 December 2010 (UTC)