No. Mascot Books is not a scam at all. You sign a contract, pay them money, and they publish and distribute your book all over the country/ internet. Not a scam.
Amazon.com, Inc. is an American-based multinational electronic commerce company. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, it is America's largest online retailer. Well BookSurge is becoming CreateSpace....
The answer is... it all depends. There are two ways to publish books - 'traditionally' via a royalty-advance paying publisher like Harper Collins, Prentice Hall, Scholastic, etc. and 'self...