This is a must-read for all authors everywhere, about how the largest traditional publisher in the English-speaking world, Random House, is capitalizing on the indie boom to take advantage of hopeful authors. Vanity presses have always tried to make money off authors and not the actual publishing of the books, but these new imprints (Hydra, Alibi, Flirt and Loveswept) really take the cake.
Read more at this great blog post: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/03/06/a-contract-from-alibi/