51, Report:
#722259
Posted Date:
May 03 2011
My Book Publicist Jonathan Spencer Pursued for months with promises and encouragement only to be deceived and ripped off. Internet
Aloha, I am the author of two POD books; first one published by Publish America -
didn't know much about POD's back in 2004 - learned a lot about what not to do,
but the book was published for free.
Second book published by Xlibris - thought I was being smarted this time -
sp...
Entity
My Book Publicist
Categories: Book Publishers
52, Report:
#713520
Posted Date:
Apr 04 2011
Publish America PA My sister had a book published with PA and all of their promises proved to be false. We have letters to post that are in NO way professional from PA. It is a shame and more people need to be informed. Internet
My sister could do this much better than I, since it was her issue. But it involves me because I have been beside her every step of this nightmare with Publish America. First off, if you are an aspiring writer and you want a book you have labored over published, DO NOT use Publish A...
Entity
Publish America
Categories: Sales People
53, Report:
#433778
Posted Date:
Mar 29 2011
Publish America company is nothing but a ripoff Baltimore Maryland
They told me that my book would be in book stores like barnes and noble no way.An author with publish america have to buy thier own book to get a royality check. January 2009 i get e-mail from them saying buy one book at retail price and that i could have any other amount of my book...
Entity
Publish America
Categories: Questionable Activities
54, Report:
#498937
Posted Date:
Mar 29 2011
PUBLISH AMERICA no royalty check when i have seen book being sold. for 6 months, they dont fly your book to india and ship it from there for free. i want to be paid frederick, Maryland
I have always been a writer and wanted a book to be published, so when I seen Publish America on Dr Phil in sept 2007 inviting all writers to have their book published with them,I wrote in and was given all the neccessary things that I needed to do and i did them, and by jan2008 I h...
Entity
PUBLISH AMERICA
Categories: Questionable Activities
55, Report:
#708287
Posted Date:
Mar 20 2011
Publish America Author Mill: The don't want to make money off anyone but you the author Internet, Maryland
I signed with them almost a year ago after working hard on my book. I was so excited about being published. What I got was alot of heart ache and grief. For one, they priced my soft cover book 30 dollars and no bookstore was able to carry it because of the price points. Then they st...
Entity
Publish America
Categories: Book Publishers
56, Report:
#701816
Posted Date:
Mar 02 2011
Publish America LLLP contract breaches, gag clauses, ceased to publish, communication has stopped, new $1.40 royalty check, Internet
After one year persuing this company on the internet via five different websites titled whypublishamerica I finally gave up. I received on the average of 2-3 e-mail solicitations a day to purchase my own book and they would send the same number of copies...
Entity
Publish America LLLP
Categories: Book Publishers
57, Report:
#697305
Posted Date:
Feb 19 2011
Publish America VISIBLY, VERIFIABLY, IRREFUTABLY, UNDENIABLY GUILTY OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT Frederick,Maryland
I cannot show what I need you to see on this site. Go to this link and you will see for yourself the physical evidence of the proof that Publish America is guilty of copyright infringement.
Here is the link.....
http://1wordywoman.livejournal.com/15147.html
I am author Ambe...
Entity
Publish America
Categories: Questionable Activities
58, Report:
#692337
Posted Date:
Feb 08 2011
publish America Rip-off theft of funds> Describes there policies to there writers. My book was the topic of a lecture for several hundred doctors and some got the book and still no royalties. Internet
Rip-off theft of funds> Describes there policies to there writers. My book was the topic of a lecture for several hundred doctors and some got the book and still no royalties. I've seen many used copies being sold on web sites all over the world. They refu...
Entity
publish America
Categories: Book Publishers
59, Report:
#690884
Posted Date:
Feb 04 2011
PublishAmerica, LLLP 4510 Metropolitan Ct. Frederick, MD OR Publish America was very misleading in their emails and all types of communication with me, when writing about how they would make my book look so different in order to make it a success. Frederick, Maryland
I would like to join forces with author, Amber Michelle, and the author of Fighting Back The Long Road Home, as well as the authors of Damaged And Broken Memoirs OF An Abused Child, and the author of the book on how to assist undiagnosed Narcoleptics find the reliefhe hasfound throu...
Entity
PublishAmerica, LLLP
Categories: Book Publishers
60, Report:
#683287
Posted Date:
Jan 16 2011
Publish America Breach of contract, lies, misrepresentation of company & services Internet
Publish America offers themselves to the unsuspecting, would be, author as a Traditional Publishing Company. They are in fact a sham, only a POD that uses locations in the UK as well as the USA to con victims out of money with misrepresentations and lies about their services and pro...
Entity
Publish America
Categories: Door to Door Sales
61, Report:
#661316
Posted Date:
Nov 12 2010
PUBLISHAMERICA FALSE ADVERTISEMENT AND STOLEN RIGHTS OF MANUSCRIPT AND FUNDS BALTIMORE MARYLAND, Internet
I am writing a complaint and want to file a lawsuit against PublishAmerica and about the book publishing company about false advertisement and stole my copyrights and work such as my manuscript they supposebly released My book Dennis Blair Tillman's Poems For The Wor...
Entity
PUBLISHAMERICA
Categories: Book Publishers
62, Report:
#646353
Posted Date:
Oct 01 2010
Publish America Larry Clopper promised to publish and distribute my book Internet
Publish America promises authors they will publish your manuscript in a professional manner. They also tout they are in major bookstores and they will set up book signings. They throw around names like Barnes and Noble who will not even carry their books because they are not p...
Entity
Publish America
Categories: Printing & Copy Services
63, Report:
#638546
Posted Date:
Sep 08 2010
PUBLISH AMERICA THE GREAT AMERICAN LIE, OF ALL VANITY PUBLISHERS, Internet
2010 is a very turbulent year, for PUBLISH AMERICA, for the reason that this VANITY COMPANY lost too much profit, which lead to their demise, of posting FALSE OFFERS, for the aspiring authors: EX...
Entity
PUBLISH AMERICA
Categories: Book Publishers
64, Report:
#636536
Posted Date:
Sep 02 2010
Publish America Stole money from books I wrote, they published and sold. Fredrick, Maryland
I have been with PA since 2008. I've given them 11 books, 6 of which are on the shelf right now.
They have never paid me royalties, my royalty statements say absolutely no sales! This is a lie!
I am not alone ...
Entity
Publish America
Categories: Book Publishers
65, Report:
#633581
Posted Date:
Aug 20 2010
PUBLISH AMERICA LLLP in 2005 publish america published 2 books of my very best poetry,the books are filled up with printing errors ,the visible place for this books is amazon.com.the never pay any royolty an frederick, Maryland
continue of report, publish america is a total fraud ,they claim they take your books to a t.v show,they claim that they are connected with the media,the books stores,etc,etc, nothing is true!the only way they make money is by selling the books to the authors.I have been tryin...
Entity
PUBLISH AMERICA LLLP
Categories: Book Publishers
66, Report:
#582109
Posted Date:
Jul 11 2010
PUBLISH AMERICA LLLP They are con Artist, Scammers, Liars, and Theive's WHo need a class action suit and fraud charges brought against them. Frederick, Maryland
Our nightmare with PublishAmerica began in June 2009 when My husband signed a contract having publishamerica publish Fighing Back The Long Road Home.
It looked as if school children had edited the book! when we read the proof for correction we found hundreds of errors that were no...
Entity
PUBLISH AMERICA LLLP
Categories: ORGANIZED CRIME
67, Report:
#622233
Posted Date:
Jul 11 2010
PUBLISH AMERICA LLP CORRUPT, FRAUDULENT, LIARS, THIEVES, THEY SENT ME A LETTER DATED 2-16-2010 NOTIFYING ME THEY WERE CANCELING MY BOOK AND PULLING IT FROM THEIR WEBISTE AS OF THAT DAY. THAT IS AWEFULLY STRANGE..THAT FREDERICK Maryland
I POSTED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE ON SEVERAL OF THE POSTING SITES OF WHICH I AM A MEMBER IN AN ATTEMPT TO WARN WRITERS AND HOPE TO BE AUTHORS ABOUT THE TRUE NATURE OF PUBLISH AMERICA. AND UNLIKE MOST OF YOUR ''RIP OFF REPORTERS'', I HAVE ACTUAL PROOF TO JUSTIFY AND BACKUP MY CLAI...
Entity
PUBLISH AMERICA LLLP
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
68, Report:
#616103
Posted Date:
Jun 22 2010
Publish America Book Publishers gave me a release date on a book that no one can order Internet
Publish America published a book for me and I was given a release date of May 24,2010, on June 26th I had a book signing at borders which had to be cancelled because no one can order the book. It's either out of stock, on demand but you still can't get it, I have called publish Amer...
Entity
Publish America Book Publishers
Categories: Book Publishers
69, Report:
#613840
Posted Date:
Jun 19 2010
PUBLISH AMERICA GUILTY OF FRAUD, FALSE BUSINESS PRACTICES, LYING ABOUT CANCELLING MY BOOK AND ALSO OF LYING ABOUT REMOVING IT FROM THEIR WEBSITE. FOR FURTHER PROOF, PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK, http://www.youtube.com/ FREDERICK Maryland
THIS COMPANY IS GUILTY OF FRAUD, FALSE BUSINESS PRACTICES, LYING ABOUT REMOVING A BOOK THEY NOTIFIED ME BY A LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 16, 2010 HAD BEEN CANCELED AND REMOVED FROM THEIR WEBSITE (IT IS STILL POSTED THERE, AS THE VIDEO THAT I MADE AND POSTED ON YOUTUBE WILL CLEARLY SHOW, A...
Entity
PUBLISH AMERICA LLLP
Categories: Book Publishers
70, Report:
#612750
Posted Date:
Jun 10 2010
Publish America Publish America is the biggest scam in the publishing industry! This Publish on demand ,POD,company has been misleading authors for years. They claim to be traditional publish Publish America is the biggest scam in the publishing industry! Internet
Publish America is the biggest scam in the publishing industry! This Publish on demand (POD) company has been misleading authors for years. They claim to be traditional publishers, which is a total LIE. This company has made bundles of ...
Entity
Publish America
Categories: Book Publishers
71, Report:
#601486
Posted Date:
May 10 2010
Publish America Book Publishers wont pay royalties Internet
They have not paid royalty checks for over a year. They have failed to fulfill their side of the contract.
I want out of the contract, to receive my royalties and get the pdf files of all of my books!!
Entity
Publish America Book Publishers
Categories: Book Publishers
72, Report:
#597049
Posted Date:
Apr 29 2010
PUBLISH AMERICA rip off and doesnt pay royalties when it comes time to pay fredrick, Maryland
I seen Publish America on the Dr Phil show and thought that they were legal, so I sent in the manuscript and it was accepted. In 7 months I had abook.I had a book full of mistakes and added mistakes, and mis spelled words and added words. The only thing that they did right was the c...
Entity
PUBLISH AMERICA
Categories: Book Publishers
74, Report:
#534355
Posted Date:
Dec 05 2009
Publish America Book Publishers, publishamerica.net, To categorize these people with the nazis, would be an insult to the nazis, Internet
My search for these jokers began, with a blog which I had read on a popular poetry website. The blogger boasted how she landed a 7 book contract with publish america. Wow!... I thought to myself. I contacted the company, and things seemed to be okay.
I was then told that they only ...
Entity
Publish America Book Publishers
Categories: Book Publishers
75, Report:
#530432
Posted Date:
Nov 29 2009
Publish America Book Publishers I wrote a book and they published it. It is filled with errors and it is more like a journal. I am very upset and asked for a refund of 285.00 but they refused and will not take back the books. Internet, Maryland
I wrote a book ,I turned out to be more like a journal than a book. It is filled with errors , and they tried to charge me 100.00 to fix the errors before publishing/printing. I wrote and called the office but they refused to refund the 285.00 I paid for my own books...
Entity
Publish America Book Publishers
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive