Photo credit: Google Images Naturally, my ghostwriting clients are not writers. If they were, they wouldn’t need me. Because they are not writers, many of them, especially those wanting to author memoirs, know little or nothing about the Book Biz – like publishing options, book design, or marketing.   Although my job as the ghostwriter does not include publishing or marketing services, I’ve been in the game long enough to have some excellent contacts in the Book Biz, which I always share with my clients. I do not like to see them fall into the clutches of an unscrupulous “vanity publisher” company, spending thousands of dollars for little or no return. I also don’t like to see my writing skills wasted on books that no one will read because of the author’s inexperience in the Book Biz. It’s not easy for a newbie to tell the difference between good help and bad. Recently a prospective client told me his horror story of spending $25,000 with a self-publishing company to g...