1, Report:
#1404147
Posted Date:
Oct 28 2017
america star books publish america they are now closed and they kept my rights fredrick Maryland
I have had a book contract with Publish america since 2008. They did nothing to honor it. no pay or anything and now they have closed their doors. That is great.
Entity
america star books
Categories: Unusual Rip-Off
2, Report:
#1359230
Posted Date:
Mar 02 2017
Publish America America Star Books A scam/rip-off scheme Frederick Maryland
I began writing books in 2008, and my first (Bright Night Of The Werewolf) went to a vanity publisher; it made me some money. That was honest. After that (2009+) I wrote three worthwhile books; Friesse The Vampires, Crude Rude And Lude People and Rumbling Terror. A...
Entity
Publish America
Categories: Dance Clubs
3, Report:
#1358752
Posted Date:
Feb 28 2017
america star books/ RacheL broke my contract FREDERICK MD Nationwide
America Star Books published two books for me. The first one was reaching the end of my contract. The second book was a two part story. When I submitted the part two of the story, this company deleted my other two books and refused to publish part two. although i had approximately...
Entity
america star books
Categories: Book Publishers
4, Report:
#1330516
Posted Date:
Sep 28 2016
America Star Books, LLLP AKA Publishing America My Work Is Being Sold All Over The INTERNET HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ROYALTIES FROM IT FOR IN TEN YEARS Frederick, MD 21701 Maryland
THESE PEOPLE ARE UP TO NO GOOD'' THEY HAVE STOLEN MY WORK AND TRYING. TO MAKE PROFIT ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT EVEN FINSHED. THE BOOK NEEDED TO BE FIXED BECAUSE OF THE GRAMMAR.MY NAME IS BEING DESTROYED ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA, THE NAME OF MY BOOK IS DARK IMAGES OF THE MIND ...
Entity
America Star Books, LLLP
Categories: Book Publishers
5, Report:
#1298049
Posted Date:
Apr 06 2016
america star books they send me a congradulations email which i saved back in september 2015 for inflight ebooks. then nothing else afterwards, my instincts tell me they are scamming me from the profits, everyone seems to agree fredrick Maryland
they send me a congradulations email back in september stating my books were chosen from the new york book fair for the inflight ebooks to be viewed at airplanes and airports. airlines like american, japan airlines etc. then nothing afterwards only the same message everytime i call ...
Entity
america star books
Categories: Unusual Rip-Off
6, Report:
#1284587
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2016
America Star Books Publish America Copyright Infringement Frederick Maryland
My contract with Publish America ended in January of 2014. I had email confirmation that my contract was terminated, the rights to my book were reverted back to me, and that the title would no longer be offered for sale in the company's webstore (I have all communications confirming...
Entity
America Star Books
Categories: Book Publishers
7, Report:
#1248913
Posted Date:
Aug 16 2015
PublishAmerica America Star Books/ Textstream Publishers Fraud ,Misrepresentation, Infringement on authors rights, continue to represent themselves as my publisher, aslo has included other publishers such as Textstream. Purchased my publishing rights from PA on August 3, 2013 Baltimore Maryland
Creator of Man-Tu the Young One. Published by Publish America on December 24, 2010
Purchase my publishing rights from PA on August 3, 2010 for the amount of $151.99
Order # 17794 SKU ReturnRights 149 Quanity 1
BIN # ISBN-10: 1456033662 and ISBN 13:9781456033668 for...
Entity
PublishAmerica
Categories: Liars
8, Report:
#1239074
Posted Date:
Jul 01 2015
America Star Books formerly Publish America Will not return my rights frederick Maryland
As a naive new author I signed a contract with Publish America in 2008. It took me only a year to realize they did not fulfill the promises in their contract. With much going on in my life, I did not request a contract termination until 2011. At that time they refused to terminate m...
Entity
America Star Books
Categories: Book Publishers
9, Report:
#1210010
Posted Date:
Feb 18 2015
America star books publish america will not give my rights back, and my contract expires in april 2015 fredrick Maryland
I am reporting them because they are a scam publisher. My contract expires in April of this year and it says to notify them three months in advance. I did last month and was toild that they automatically renwed my contract in Jan. I told them, I didn't even sign it til April. I was ...
Entity
America star books
Categories: Producers
10, Report:
#1175209
Posted Date:
Sep 08 2014
America Star Books Publish America Numerous bad-faith dealings, refusal to respond to requests to cancel contract Baltimore Nationwide
Publish America (now DBA America Star Books) accepted my book for publication about 6 years ago. They used my PDF to publish my book as is, making no changes to the typography or layout, and added a cover. They promised to market my book, citing Ingram and Barnes & Noble, among othe...
Entity
America Star Books
Categories: Book Stores
11, Report:
#1173104
Posted Date:
Aug 29 2014
America Star Books (Publish America) AUTHOR BEWARE MAJOR SCAM Maryland Internet
In 2009, I signed with Publish America, now America Star publishing company. I was so excited to see my book in print. The contract is written as a tiered royalty scale, which I was fine with. However, I had roughly 20 family members and friends purchase books through Amazon or thei...
Entity
America Star Books
Categories: Producers
12, Report:
#1156884
Posted Date:
Jun 30 2014
America Star Books Willem Meiners Refusing to Return money that I had paid Baltimore LLLP Internet
I contacted publishAmerica to publish my book The Long Winding Road of Injustice. The publishing company was run by Willem Meiners and operated in Baltimore Maryland.
I understood this was a free service. They send a contract and I didn’t hesitate to sign, as I needed my family st...
Entity
America Star Books
Categories: Unusual Rip-Off
13, Report:
#1147975
Posted Date:
May 19 2014
Publish America American Star Books Publishing Hoax, Rip-Off Baltimore Maryland
Publish America, which is now known as American Star Books has published my work incorrectly (despite the claim at the front of the book claiming they did not change a word of what I submitted), then asked me to pay to have them fix it. They have not helped me at all in the sal...
Entity
Publish America
Categories: Book Publishers
14, Report:
#1128256
Posted Date:
Mar 06 2014
America Star Books Publish America Unprofessional, Threatening, Disrespectful, Bullying Frederick Maryland
I recently attenpted to contact Publish America, to get the right back to my book. Only to learn they were doing business under another name. When I contacted America Star Books; PA's new name, the response to my email blew me away. I wrote, asking to have my book rights retur...
Entity
America Star Books
Categories: Book Publishers
15, Report:
#1120048
Posted Date:
Feb 04 2014
Publish America, America Star Books, Author House(publish America companies and sister companies) CONTRACT ARBITRATION, FRAUD, RENAMING THEIR COMPANY TO AMERICAN STAR BOOKS Baltimore Maryland
my name is Robby William Forg Jr. from Louisville,Ky Im Also Known Under The Stage and Pen Name Frogg Corpse which my book was written as (Frogg Corpse)ive never once talked to a real person, publish america is under a new name now at americastarbooks.com/they arbitrated my con...
Entity
Publish America
Categories: Literary Agencies