Well, what a "vanity publishing company" is depends on your definition. Some people will label any self-publishing or "print on demand" company as such, whereas others say it's only those companies that are actually scummy in their practices. However, even if we keep it as simply self-publishing, I don't think it qualifies. Key traits of self publishers are that they charge you to print the book whereas traditional publishers handle all that themselves. But look at the submission guidelines for this publisher:wildmage wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2018 9:45 amI'm already seeing in my town ads for tattoo removal clinics. Boy, do I love some delicious shadenfreude.
In any case, I oly lasted in the video until she said she had a contract for a 3 book series. I closed the video in disgust. But for anyone who made it until the end, can anyone confirm that this http://falstaffbooks.com/ is a vanity pùblishing company?
http://falstaffbooks.com/submissions/
They don't want you to submit the full book initially, they just want the first few chapters and then, if they think it might be something that could sell, will look at the whole thing. This kind of screening is what you see in traditional publishing. The author paying the company to publish the book is a key trait of self publishing, but there is no mention whatsoever of costs on the author's part.
It seems to be a relatively small printing company, but the signs point strongly against it being a vanity publishing company.