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iUniverse - scam Response I have published twice with iUniverse and once with CreateSpace. You get what you for. Except for the sleazy snake oil salesman they have who gets your account, the service was good and the final...

Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Agency [SBPRA] - Fraud Response I have a similar complaint about CREATESPACE! They never marketed my book, "Secret Confessions Of A High-Priced Call Girl" and they sold maybe 1 or 2 copies per month. I found a real publisher, and...

Dog Ear Publishing - Dawg gone Response It is important to all novice authors that these scams be posted and posted again. This sounds just like another Author Solutions scam and it would not surprise me if Dogear is a new addition to the...

Xulon Press - Jason Fletcher Response I've seen many negative reviews about these self-publishing companies with their high fees and poor response after the sale. It is apparently fairly common. Research indicates that the best...

WestBow Press - Misrepresentation and deceptive practices Response With the completion of my first book in 2013, I contacted WestBow because I saw it was advertised as a publisher for Christian books. At the time, I didn't know about Createspace and Amazon KDP. My...

Trafford Publishing - Warning - stay away from this company Complaint I placed my first book with Trafford in 2005 because their marketing material at the time stated they were a UK company. I did all the formatting, cover design etc..., they had nothing to do except...

Amazon - refuses to remove libel Complaint Amazon.com gives no protection to self-publishing authors. A relative of mine self-published using one of Amazon's companies, CreateSpace, One of the first reviews the book received consisted of...

Amazon - split shipments Complaint I am a self-published Australian author with KDP Amazon. I order my author copies in groups of 25. For some reason [unknown to me] my last three orders have been shipped in multiple packages. The...

Amazon - Kindle direct publishing Complaint Dear Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing: No one at Amazon is resolving my unpaid royalty case — that is why I am contacting you. Even though my attorney contacted the Amazon legal department (Adriana...

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Blurb - Blurb's Publication Interface is a Nightmare: A Frustrating Experience Complaint I gotta say, Blurb's publication interface is a real pain in the butt. I mean, come on, give us some information! I found two different places that said different things about publication and cover...

Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Agency [SBPRA] - Fraud Response @Ronald - For the record, I am not a "disgruntled author." (I am a writer, but I've never queried agents or publishers.) Yes, the folks at Strategic/Eloquent Books are very nice. Does that mean...

AuthorHouse - fraud Response There ARE honest and highly responsive self-publishing firms out there. One of the best values is Pedernales Publishing, which offers a full package that includes a custom cover, interior book...

Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Agency [SBPRA] - Fraud Response Hey guys, just to let you know a little more about whats happening with these publishing houses...I just happened to get in touch with this 'Tania' that everyone is talking about from Strategic Book...

Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Agency [SBPRA] - Fraud Response Try kindle direct publishing or createspace free

Outskirts Press - book publishing Response Hi, OP: My name is Elise, and I'm the Manager of Author Support at Outskirts Press. We encourage all of our authors to purchase our copy editing services - during that time, a copy editor goe...

AuthorHouse - scam Response My experience with AuthorHouse was a costly nightmare. As a matter of policy, AuthorHouse won't disclose the royalty rate it will pay authors or the estimated publication cost of a book, even when...

AuthorHouse - non payment of royalties Response Authorhouse is now Lightening Source I. I was ready to publish two months ago but was told my application and w9 were lost. I have sent it twice. No response. I wrote a scathing letter to the company...

Dog Ear Publishing - Dawg gone Response I published my first book with Publish America aka. AmericaStar Books. All I can say is NEVER AGAIN!! I know for a fact that I have sold books, yet have been told year after year that I have NO...

WestBow Press - Misrepresentation and deceptive practices Response I am the luckiest fellow in the whole world. I was just making contact with West Bow and they had already started pressuring me to buy one of their packages. The biggest pull factor for me was the...

WestBow Press - Misrepresentation and deceptive practices Response I help Christian authors ... but mostly I show them how to publish through CreateSpace ...and if you watch yourself, you can do it for zero dollars, including asking me how to do so. I am sort of on...

Lightning source service Response I have about ten years experience with LS. Four years ago I pulled most of my titles from them and xferred to CreateSpace. CS is far superior to LS both with ease of uploading and with costs. CS i...

Xulon Press - Jason Fletcher Response 2017 I would not recommend Xulon as a publisher. They are so money grabbing as to be distasteful. The marketing "assistance" is non-existent other than to get you to spend more. Believe me, I never...

WestBow Press - Misrepresentation and deceptive practices Response I just saw all the bad reviews, and now not sure what to do. I paid WestBow my fist payment, but haven't signed the Author Agreement form yet (as I am in Australia, and would need to sign it...

Xlibris Publishing - Scam Response I too was taken advantage of by Xlibris, with my book of poetry, Here Lies Madness., back in 2009. It contained a poem that I received an award for from Vincent Price. I paid $7K to get the book...