11, Report:
#800115
Posted Date:
Sep 27 2013
PublishAmerica PrintAmerica Authors Beware! Frederick, Maryland
Authors Beware of PublishAmerica I am a children's book author. I signed a contract with PublishAmerica to publish two of my stories. They priced my paperback addition of my book, Booger Planet, for $24.95. The average cost of children's books on amazon.com is $9.50. My book will n...
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Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
12, Report:
#1068034
Posted Date:
Jul 18 2013
publishamerica book printing fredrick Maryland
I had two books published by PA, and my second book was a disaster they repeated chapters and paragraphs,even though I told them about it. Now they want three hundred dollars to give me the rights to my book.If your smart you will stay clear of this company.
Also they wont send you ...
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Categories: Desktop Publishing
13, Report:
#1064121
Posted Date:
Jul 03 2013
PublishAmerica Ripoff, crooks, cheats Internet Maryland
PublishAmerica has been ripping me off since 2011 they have three of my books, The Fox and The young Rooster, Sonnets For Caitlin and on I told them not to publish Sonnets For Friends and Lovers. Today two years later I have not received a damn and I know that they ...
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Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
14, Report:
#1023857
Posted Date:
Mar 05 2013
publishamerica the last two royalty periods of six months I have not recieved anything from publishamerica regarding the sales of either of my novels, over the last two six month royalty periods between August and F Fredrick, Maryland
During the last two royalty periods of August 2012 and February 2013. I haven't recieved nothing regarding the sales of either of my two novels Sworn not to betray or my second novel A silent killer within. As a matter of fact I haven't heard anything from publishamerica for actuall...
Entity
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
15, Report:
#992317
Posted Date:
Jan 06 2013
Publish America, LLC Royalty Sales Fraud, Shadowy Business Practices, Contract Violations. Frederick, Maryland
PA published my first book Up All Night in March of 2007. For some strange reason, the Amazon listing said the book's language was Welsh. PA gave me a symbolic $1 advance and contract where I would receive royalties starting at 8% of the retail price of Up All Night, $19.99 fo...
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Categories: Accounting
16, Report:
#979044
Posted Date:
Dec 07 2012
PUBLISH AMERICA Publish America is a rip off Company Frederick, Maryland
This is a warning to all new authors, if you see the name Publish America, don't walk run. My name is Thomas ****, I am a published author, when I first started out a few years ago I did the stupid thing and used Publish America, was that a mistak...
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Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
17, Report:
#970561
Posted Date:
Nov 17 2012
PublishAmerica They send me email saying if I pay them money this will get my book into stores, but it's a scam and I know it. Internet
I am with publishamerica, and this is how they sucked me into their scam. They sent me a sample contract and said that the real one would be exactly the same. I read the sample, but not the real one, and it's very different from the sample. I should've known better. In ...
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Categories: Books, Records & Videos
18, Report:
#965560
Posted Date:
Nov 06 2012
publishamerica unseen royalties Fredrick Maryland, Internet
Publishamerica, again hasn't sent me anything concerning sales of royalties, for the royalty period which ended August31st. every time I forward an email an regarding this concern, the email comes back as rejected by receiptant domain. The phone is disconnected. I don't understand h...
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Categories: Liars
19, Report:
#940665
Posted Date:
Oct 02 2012
publishamerica royalty ripoff FredrickInternet, Maryland
This is of one several ripoff reports I've written in relation to the evil practices of this company. And it seems noone seems willing to do anything to stop this rogue publisher, from destroying peoples hopes and dreams of hopefully becoming sucessful authors. I've written two...
Entity
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
20, Report:
#635376
Posted Date:
Apr 27 2012
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PublishAmerica, LLP Breached contract by deliberately printing myriads upon myrieds in my book, deceitful advertisement that lured me (they said they're traditional publishers who'd pay me, but it turned out to be only $ Frederick, Maryland
Dear Editor:
As I indicated in my e-mail correspondence to you dated Wednesday, August 18, 2010, I, like numerous other authors, have also become a victim of PublishAmerica's scam and fraud when in early March this year their advertisement popped up on my computer scre...
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Categories: Miscellaneous Companies