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This publishing company is awful. Not only do they sike you out, they send you a finish product and that's it! Where's the money from the sales? I know i've sold plenty of books and I was sitting at # 1 for sometime... where's my money?
Stay away from this place or you'll be searching for a good lawyer like me!
This Publishing company sounds harsh. I hope you all find some form of redress, for your efforts.
If there is anyone who wants to contact me, find me at superblake99@hotmail.com
John
Yes I would love to
John r cole author
The vampire trucker
I really think that Authorhouse is a scam. I have published a book with that company. I have spent a considerable amount of money in self publishing and marketing with this company and I have 0 royalites to show for it. I am sure they are getting rich from Innocent people who are seriously working hard writing books and trying to sell with Authorhouse publishing. I would gladly join in a class action against this company. I am sure it would be worth its weight in gold to find out what really goes on.
I have published a book of peotry with Authorhouse and I have paid high dollars for this publishing and I have not received one cent in royalities: All they keep doing is calling me and asking me to pay for more marketing. I already marketed with them twice and I not planning on spending another penny. I truly agree and think this is a fraudulant company. I definitely want in on a Class Action against against them.
Daphne Hillier
daphneleona2005@hotmail.com
My royalties are being taken as well. Bond and the Big Green Hill was released in September of 2009. The only books I show sold are the ones I purchased myself. My family alone have purchased more books than are shown on my royalty statements. Bond and the Big Green Hill was reviewed by several well known reviewers and is listed on numerous sites in a number of different countries. Author House states that the royalty statements are accurate. I am looking into applying for a secondary ISBN and publishing it with a different service. Let's help each other.
Bridget Renee Kendall
Bond and the Big Green Hill, ISBN:[protected]
bridget.kendall@me.com
I'll work with you
John r cole
The vampire trucker
I've been scammed
In hospital with virus
Plus now also
But can work more than
Anyone.
Love writing and making movies and my dreams are to bring my series to film anyone who believe in the American dreams contact me
John r cole
The vampire trucker
Who never dies
Has been in America for 450 years
My book: We Don't Need Permission: A Proposal for Homosexual Emancipation, came out in 2007, via Authorhouse. I received maybe $25 dollars since that time. When I called to complain that I don't believe this to be true because my title was top 20 of new titles on Amazon for some time, I was told by an Authorhouse rep: "If you can prove you sold more books, we'll cut you a check."
They know full well we can't get that information. I called Ingram to inquire how many of my titles were run. They told me I had to go through Authorhouse. This is shadey to say the least. What's more, they are hounding me to pour more money into advertising. Why the hell would I sink another dime into something I have no control over? We should be able to get actual sales numbers.
When we want our sales numbers, we have to contact Authorhouse and wait two or three months while they get the runs from Ingram: supposedly. I'm sure the numbers are doctored for our eyes. I'd be curious to find out what they are turning in to the federal government in taxes. If they had to change their name to Authorhouse, then they'd do it again. I sure this is a lucrative business for them. I'm definitely joining this class action. Thank you for the info.
Autorhouse needs to have their books cracked wide open, and their purses that are overflowing with our sales need to trickle down to us writers. You'd think they'd take care of us for our repeat business. This is discouraging: we work so hard to make names for ourselves, and vultures eat the flesh right off our bones.
I am with you and want to join in any or all lawsuits
John r cole
The vampire trucker
My name is Jesse Griffith i too have been put together by authorhouse. My book is Outside the inner-city, came out in 05 and sold (supposedly) 2 copies. yet i have signed more then 40 of books friends have bought. my number is [protected], anyone wanna ride to the main office in bloomington im down and i WILL bring a big stick...lol
I have not received a payment on my book "Your Father in Heaven, Devilish or Divine" published in 2001, since 1stBooks became Authorhouse. I recently ordered a copy from a second-hand book seller, which proves that someone has bought my book (other than me). If us authors don't hang together Authorhouse will hang us seperately. Dale Brown
dajean7@yahoo.com
Hi... My name is Ferlin "Clay" Morgan and I to was taken buy Authorhouse. They have not sent me any royality's sence 2002 and my book was published back in 2000. I have not received any royality's to date...2009.
They are for sure a rip-off. I was payed just $70.00 over two years time and I know that there was allot more books sold because I have a large family and allt of friends that purchased my book for me so I just see if I was getting ripped off and sure enough they riped me off and they just did not care. I would like to jump on board with you all in regards to this matter.
Thank you,
Clay
E-mail : cjnmorgan@att.net
I too have helped the rich people at authorhouse get richer, apparently cause my book and copyrighted poem are all over the internet, uk, india, and china? I never said ok to that...
Really glad to see others, plainandsimples@live.ca, [protected], and I will be contacting everyone I can, soon, enough is enough.
Angee
Hello:
My royaltie's are being stolen by Author House. Amazon. Com is also involved, along with Ingram's, and the ISBN agency. I have been retained by a class action law firm out of Chicago. Please call this law firm. Kember Edelson. Ask for Michael Aschenbrener. Here is his telephone number. [protected]. Tell Michael that Barbara Lee told you to call. Michael will send you a retainer to join a class action lawsuit against Author House, Amazon. Com, etc. This is a contingency class action lawsuit with no charge to you.
The name of my book is "The Chip Hustler." It has a 5 star rating on Amazon. Com, Alibris, etc. I am on hundreds of websites and not one book sale, except for a paperback sale when my book went live in November, 2008. It was bought by a friend of mine. The rest of the royaltie's are from book vendors. Names of companie's that bought aren't mentioned. I have been paid a total of $70.00 since my book went live in November, 2008. I am mad, mad, mad.
I am working with another author. Her name is Virginia Peterson. She wrote "April Is The Cruellest Month, " by V R Peterson. We are in constant touch by e mail and telephone. She has already signed the retainer with Kember Edelson.
Please call me.
Barbara Lee
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Virginia Peterson
[protected]
I agree with David Robinson, I have not received any royalties from my book since 2004 yet it is being sold world wide!
Can we all join together in a class action suit?
I have been in same situation absolute con can we join in a law suit?
I am in the same boat AuthorHouse authors hacked at Barnes and Nobles no contact team and no one seems to know what is going on.BW
Did all of you have trouble even getting them to do anything. I sent them the book complete on C.D. Also paper form cover to cover. Still it isn't out.
I've had so much stress dealing with this company. When the book was published a representative from authorhouse in London said 'you wouldn't want people to know that you are making money from your book'.
Shame on them and they are making money from selling other peoples hard work.
Stress killed my girlfriend and now me.the author of
The vampire trucker
John r cole.need help plus new publish company
[protected].
Contact me to discuss our future
totally agree with you. I am trying to touch base with people that has published with them as well. I've been asking these croaks for months to stop advertising my book and they still have it everywhere. It was print on demand and it wasn't meant to hit any book shelves. Now they are selling it everywhere and I don't get nothing for it.
I also have a book that has bern out for a few years now. Many people have said they bought it but only a few dollars residual pay from Author House. Until I ran across this I had no idea so many others were going through the same problem.
John r cole author
The vampire trucker
I've been scammed and robbed and targeted by
Sabatoging me to now I am in hospital and electric nor wat
Unfortunately, I used Authorhouse for my first book. We agreed on a royalty of $2.00 per copy. To date, I've received two checks totally $3.85. I've checked out numerous book store web sites and a number of them are advertising my book on sale as used. My quarterly statement from Authorhouse always states zero copies sold. When I sent them an e-mail asking how this can be possible. They informed me that these web sites were lying. They actually do not have any of my books used or otherwize. When serching for a publisher I never saw anything negative concerning this company. But now that I've become one of their victims. I see numerous complaints . Be very careful when looking for a publisher. Authorhouse is owned by a very large investment corporation and they have been buying out other print on demand companies. Dog Ear is just one of them. They are able to successfully counter complaints by out numbering and overpowering them through a blitzkreg type of web site advertising. I've been writing to state and federal agencies about Authorhouse's fraudulant practices. PLEASE! CLIMB ON BOARD. I AM ASKING ANYONE THAT HAS BEEN SCAMMED BY THIS COMPANY TO CONTACT THEIR STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. CHANCES ARE, WE WILL NEVER GET ANY OF OUR MONEY BACK. BUT TOGETHER WE CAN RECEIVE SOME DEGREE OF JUSTICE AND SATISFACTION WHEN THIS COMPANY IS DRAGGED INTO COURT BY THE IRS AND OTHER CONSUMER PROTECTION ORGANIZATIONS.
I am in total agreement with you! I felt the same way about Authorhouse. The experience, to begin with, was easy breezy, but when the book finally came out...it was not good at all. My children's book had many reviews, people were asking when I was going to write the next one. That tells me that the book was selling and being read. I received a ONE dollar check from Authorhouse. My book was on too many platforms to receive $1.00 royalty check. I learned a hard lesson, but in the process, I learned that I could do it!
I was very close to agreeing to a contract with these folks. Very pushy consultant made me extremely leary to agree to work with them? Now I am reading all these negative reviews... Now I don't know what company to go to!?
John r cole
The vampire trucker
I've been scammed also out of my life my dream my voice my belief my future my America dream.contact me anytime
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