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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!
Hi I am looking to sue them. can you tell me a Lawyer that can help. I'm based in the UK
macca1914@hotmail.com
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Contact me at bearafun@yahoo.com I'm iniating a class action lawsuit because AuthorHouse is scamming its authors out of royalties
Hello-
Are you still looking into a class action lawsuit against AuthorHouse? I would be interested in any information you could provide colek91@yahoo.com
Thank you
Contact me at bearafun@yahoo.com. I am iniating a class action lawsuit against them.
Paul
Hi! My name is VA Knight. I am not happy with Authorhouse. First they said they dont mail check royalties anymore, and they asked me tons of money when I said I want to publish a lot. If anyone is going for a lawsuit with this company, I will provide all my support. It email at violetspells22@gmail.com
My name is Sverre Ange and I got took as well I haven't seen one dime they have taken my book and used it for personal gain. Prayer and infinite you is nation wide all over the world nothing but scammers.
Contact me at bearafun@yahoo.com. I'm starting a class action lawsuit against them for not paying royalties.
P.D. Shackelford
I am consulting an attorney at this time regarding royalty income. I finally realized that Author House is running a Scam operation!
Contact me at bearafun@yahoo.com. I am iniating a class action lawsuit against AuthorHouse for not paying out royalties.
P.D. Shackelford
I published my first 3 books with these cowboys.
In over 6years not a red cent was paid to me even though thousands of copies sold by them.
My books are all over bookshops in North America and online bookshops but I have been conned out of my earnings.
1. Crazy Mistakes We Pastors Make
2. The Pastor inthe Mirror
3.Freed to Greed
Author: Tunde Babalola
PLEASE AVOID THEM
Contact me at bearafun@yahoo.com because I am iniating a class action lawsuit against them for fraudulently taking our royalties.
I published one book with Author House in January of 2021. It is called Counterweight-A Balancing Act by the Alien God Osiris. It has received 10 five star reviews and one 4 start review on Amazon. After one year I have received about $60.00 in royalties. I have no idea other than those reviews, how the book has really sold. The amount of money in royalties would indicate it has sold almost none. Being a new Author, I had no idea about the business, but have been learning fast. Back in Oct. or Nov. of 2021 I paid Author House, about $1,500.00 to do an e-book promotion and was told that I would get the results of my promotion this month, after the quarter ended. I called out of curiosity to find out when this month, and they told me that I would not know until the end May or early June because they report sales and royalties 60 days after the quarter which is contradictory to what I was told when I accepted the sales promotion deal. I know that Amazon publishes sales reports monthly, and it would seem ludicrous that Author House does not have even one idea of how my book has done. They have kicked the can down the road on providing me with the information. I received this today. "I have outlined the posting schedule of the final sales and royalty report below for your reference.
First Quarter – January to March – Quarterly report is posted last week of May or early June
Second Quarter – April to June- Quarterly report is posted last week of August or early September
Third Quarter- July to September- Quarterly report is posted last week of November or early December
Fourth Quarter- October to December- Quarterly report is posted last week of February of the following year or early March."
I will take action against this company, if they do not provide me with some idea of my sales. based upon our original agreement.
They sent me a prior email which said I received the following: December 08 - February 05, 2022
Total Impressions:
40,828 on BookBub e-mails. and from December 08 - February 05, 2022
Total Impressions: 665,968 on Facebook
They were able to provide the amount of impressions for both sales outlets but refuse to tell me if even one e-book was sold out of over 700,000 impressions that were reported. They said," An impression is generated every time your ad is displayed to a site visitor." Which does not mean someone will buy the e-book.
The e-book sale price was only .99 cents, which is an amount not worth discussing, but never-the-less it would seem that at least one person would splurge a whopping 99 cents and get one. So I went along with the promotion hoping for a volume of buys and at least enough to recover my investment. and maybe make a profit. From the time the promo started to when I'll get some news, 7 months would have transpired. That's a ridiculous amount of time not to know anything. I refuse to believe that they have NO IDEA if my book sold at all. It would seem to me that they are being paid by Amazon, who handles the sales. I have just completed another novel and will be seeking another publisher. I was thinking of Amazon.
I do not know if I will have any success with getting the information I requested from Author House, but I am drafting a complaint to the States AG, pending their response to my e-mail.
I will follow up on here with what happens.
P.S. What is a shame is that they were terrific in getting the book done at the outset and their customer service was excellent. I would hate to see a budding relationship end on a sour note. I hope they come through.
I wouldn't be surprised if you get no royalties. I got had for 4k. Never saw royalties, commercials never aired that I paid for. If you are lucky enough to find a lawyer to take this then let everyone know on here because all of us have gotten screwed by authorhouse.
Contact me at bearafun@yahoo.com. I'm iniating a class action lawsuit against them
Paul
I researched AUTHORHOUSE in 2008 and, from what I found out about the company, I decided not to have my book published with them. However, that was after I paid more than $700 for a publishing package and editing. Shortly afterward I requested a refund of the $700 from AUTHORHOUSE and was refused. I was told that as long as AUTHORHOUSE has my money, I'll always be able to have a book published through them.
I have a bachelor's and a master's degree and have spent several decades as an educator. I finished paying off my student loans years ago. I have learned that education is a life-long process that not only takes place in a classroom but throughout all of life's experiences. Often we pay dearly for these lessons, but we must all learn from them. Pick up the pieces, and continue on your way. Don't stop writing or trying to publish your work. Cut your losses and stay on the path.
In 2021 I published 4 children's books with KDP Amazon. KDP gives monthly royalty estimates and statements. Since May I have received monthly royalty checks totaling several hundred dollars for the sale of these books.
SUGGESTION: Self-published authors still own your rights to their books. Resubmit your manuscript to KDP. You will be assigned a new ISBN as you publish your book. You will also receive monthly statements and royalty payments. Good luck!
Hi. I think I f all of us put together and get a lawyer we will get back oir money. They took £2020 from me and i publish my book myself and they won't give me my money back.
They took over 4k from me. And i never got paid any royalties ever. And i know i sold many many books
Author house is selling my book for 3.99 without my permission.
Please contact me if you are handling a lawsuit against them.
The original price is $13.99.
They are scammers in the Philippines
Contact me at bearafun@yahoo.com. I'm iniating a class action lawsuit
Paul
Their stole my book also someone please contact us!
my book is, sam's fight for justice schools shocking secret, I wrote this book in 20i01 when they were 1st books, it is now selling world wide and I have only received around 5.00 Dollars, no one will tell me what is going on at authorhouse, whyse are being ripped off!
I am in the same scam, published 2 books through AuthorHouse, "Competing With The Shadow" and "No Graffiti In Heaven" and have seen reviews of sales, used books advertised and friends purchased the book through book stores and NEVER received but one small royalty check. The left portion of the cover of one of them is being used by someone on Facebook and I repeatedly remind them I own the copyright. All the long hours we as Authors put into our creative work, the high cost we paid and then not receive our royalties is just wrong.
Carla J. Akin
Carla.j.akin@outlook.com
The Fight For Power And Money By Harvey Hughes & Jovonna Hughes has been out since 2018. We only receive bus fare money. Good thing we found another publisher. Our second book Part Two The Fight For Power And Money want be with Author House. Have A Bless Day
Michelle Valdez - I don't believe they have been reporting my royalties properly for about 3 years now.
I been cheated by Author House for a long time now. They published my book in 2005 and only received 3 royalty from them.
You're lucky I never received any royalties. I published Unchosen Destiny. Paid for commercials to air that never aired. They only posted stuff on Youtube. Over 4 grand they got and I never saw a dime
Mine was published in 2003 and I've never been paid. My book is still on sale on sites like Amazon, Barnes and Nobles and Chapters and Inigo.
Hi my name is Raymond Taylor and I'm also a victim of Author House. If there is a new class action started please include me. my email address is raytaylor539@gmail.com.
Hello, my name is Susan. I am another fool too. My book, a novel, was published with Xlibris in 2008. Xlibris is also with Author House or Author Solutions, six of one, half dozen of the other. I have received a total of about $75. They priced the book, paperback and hard back at too high a price, $23 and $32, listed at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders (if they are still in business, I have stopped checking). Receiving no royalties, I foolishly had then do an ebook version. For that I received a royalty of some $12 - tax or $9 and a few pennies. I know the book has sold quite a few copies but I get nothing. Recently looking it up, I found out that it is in Murdock University, don't know if bookstore or library, in Perth, Australia, so it is worldwide. It is criminal. We pay our taxes to a government which does nothing for those of us who are not rich but are trying to use our God-given resources, only to have the fruits stolen. I will be checking Google when I sign off here to see where it is in the world. If there is a class action out there I will be happy to join it. My email is vonnyf@hotmail.com.
Hello, and thanks for your message. Please feel free to contact our Royalties department directly, at RoyaltyHelpDesk@authorsolutions.com .
Hello. I would like to speak with you, I am one of the latest victims. adrainloomis@yahoo.com
Hi Susan. Your comment rings similar bells to my experience, yet I have others tell me the sales of my maiden novel have caused them to sit up because sales are high. Not so according to Authorhouse who sent me £10 about 2 years ago yet still pester me to pay for additional marketing or other promotional matters. I feel so cheated and it has put me off writing any more.
My name is Lynn and I, too, have been victimized by these evil SOBs. My book of poetry was published in 2001 and two years later I was told there were eight books sold. Two years ago I found it was still for sale. I had a lawyer threaten them so it is not for sale on Amazon, etc., however there is a download site which shows hundreds of downloads daily. The Attorney General of Indiana says "sorry, kid" as AuthorHouse can't control what they do. They sell a service (like a library, not the book itself). WHO DO YOU THINK GAVE IT TO THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE, it wasn't me! It ranges from 600 - 900 at the beginning of college classes as it is being sold as a text. I AM BEYOND PISSED and want to start yet another class action suit. Just maybe if enough of us gang up on them they won't have enough money to start up again. I can only hope, and that is all I have. zuccamance@earthlink.net
please let me know about the lawsuit but a Federal lawsuit was just dismissed against them.Don't know if
there is much we can do? carwash77@gmail.com
They are called Intellectual Property or I.P. Lawyers who help people with their copyrighted material that's been stolen and sold for
Profit, which is obviously what is going on here, big time, since the very beginning of AuthorHouse, which was '97 or '98. A.H. And ALL the P.O.D. Companies have a very legalistic paragraph in their contracts which forbids any and all lawsuits. It's iron clad but the language is so legal only a lawyer could even understand what it is saying. It was originally cooked up by a huge, very successful law firm in Indiana that got very wealthy by protecting the interests of families related to dead movie stars. For instance, Marilyn Monroes living relatives are entitled to a royalty every time a product bearing her likeness, such as a T shirt, is sold. The firm is called C.B.D.or something like that.
The reason I know they wrote the contracts is because they got extremely furious at me for sending them five dollars to cover mailing expenses of some papers I sent them. I wish I had saved that letter. The lawyer guy just blew his cork and said my little ole five bucks in NO WAY buys their services. Ha Ha, I was just trying to pay for postage. How much time does five dollars buy anyway, about half a lawyers sneeze?
However, besides that obstacle, no I.P. Lawyer can touch these innumerable cases because all the evidence is out there in cyber space. Amazon and Google are complicit and they simply erase the sales numbers every day. They keep two sets of books, one is crooked and the other the real record of sales. Only, the thing is, it's all done in the digital world, not in actual books. To get evidence for the I.P. Lawyers to win a class action in court, undercover has to investigate google, Amazon and A.H. and all the other knock off P.O.D. companies. Amazon warehouses, for instance are locked down like bank vaults, high security, 24/7. Those P.O.D. Machines are very small, like an apartment size fridge and are probably present in every warehouse.
When a book order comes in, workers simply enter the code or whatever and out pops a book in five minutes. Workers have no clue royalties are being stolen. The system is actually stupidly simple, the different sets of cyber books are differentiated by using more than one ISBN number per book.
The tsunami of stolen royalties worldwide, is laundered through one of those so called angel investment companies in San Mateo California, Bertram Capital Management or BCM. BCM wires it to an investment firm in Nigeria, the MOST corrupt country on earth. That firm then wires it back to BCM, who throws tons of money all around to help start up computer companies in silicone valley. On their website, they can never explain where their millions come from because it's all stolen.
The reason I know this is because BCM sued my 76 year old friend who is living on social security and cautioned her "never to mention our theories about BCM ever again" which, in itself, is a ruling against free speech. We had no idea our theories were on target until they brought that preposterous lawsuit. A multi billion dollar world wide company throwing the book at one little old lady. Ha Ha.
I published with this company and I was dissatisfied they have a great sell pitch and make promises they don't keep. I have was told by some locals that they purchased my book because; it was Idea for abuse women, a hundred and seventy was purchased. I call and, checked on my royalties and it shows nothing. I have several people to call and expressed how much they enjoyed my book but, haven't received any royalties from Author House now they are calling about a movie deal these people are a rip-off. The Atchafalaya Riches
Greetings, I can only agree with the most of the letters above. My experience with Authorhouse has been extremely bad, they have printed it for their own use and profit, As more me they have cut me out of any sales since early 2012. When you publish with them everything is one sided for them, and to Mkw matters worse, they register the work in their own name and have complete control of it. R. Stanley Miller.
(They have all the total control and, accountability and They flaunt it.
Oh my god! I had no idea. I just signed off on my 4 finished books and they are out there now.
Can someone please contact me with more recent info?
Thank you
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I see my book is being used to promote someone else work, I don't know if it's a movie, book or what, but from what's being said, someone by the name of, Rufus in his venture to America, meet with difficulties as he struggles between his career goals and other things, I think I remember the other things are drugs. My book, " DAISY'S HEART WARMING POEMS", their editions: ISBN1463499248, being sold at Barnes and Noble.com-$12.99, google books.
I'M Daisy B., I'll agree with mr Asamota, the same thing has happened to me with this company and no matter how much you complain or even send in evidence of wrong doings nothings being done about it, as you said it seems everyone 's with the company and pretend they can't see that's fraud is being done, even the BBB, I've sent them mounds of evidence and I guess they just turn a deaf ear. I'm looking for a lawyer also, someone's not connected to this company.
I am Daniel Asamota;
I'm glad others are starting to see what I've been complaining about for years! But why is it we cannot find any remedy for this! It was almost 10 years ago I posted my complaints against this company! I can't find a lawyer who will represent me in this and the state's attorney general where they operate in Indiana will do nothing! It's been so discouraging that I haven't written anything else in years for what's the use? It seems the government doesn't care that this company is flat ripping us off and the laws seem to protect these crooks over the artists! I've demanded that authorhouse stop selling my books for years yet they continue to sell my books and pay me nothing! Please in the name of God, let something be done to make them pay us our money!
I published a book of 40 rhyming poems Jan.26th.
this year. Haven't received any royalties, or even a
report on book sales, and have requested a book sales
report numerous times. The name of the book is,
Poems Faithful And True, by, Tom R.Wigington.
I published a book of rhyming poems Jan.26th. this year. I haven't received any royalties or even a report on book sales.
I'm ready to publish another book, but I'm sure I won't use Authorhouse.
Tom Wigington, author of, Poems Faithful And True.
I agree with everyone that Authorhouse is stealing royalties, I published a book of rhyming poems with them Jan. 26th.
this year, haven't seen a penny from them yet.
Tom Wigington, author of, Poems Faithful And True.
RandLL8856@gmail.com
My story mirrors all the complaints above. I am very interested in joining a class action suit or any law suit against AH. Please contact me if anyone knows any law firms who are representing a case against them. I published my book with AH in 2006 and have only received two royalty checks in the amount of approx $3.85 a piece even though my book is listed for sale all over the Internet (Barnes and Noble, Amazon, etc...etc... and in several countries. Today is 4/13/ 2014. My phone number is [protected]. Please call me if anyone has any info on a lawsuit. Thanks
i was selling on here and made 105.00 in sale they told me to pay 19.99 for annual fee no monthly fees and pay when u sell well i got charged 19.99 then 19.99 again for month one 25.00 for month 2 and 30.00 for month 3 they false advert then i paid all the shipping cost out to learn no money was coming to me they cry they have to wait for money to come in it can take 90 days 2 years later no money yet and now with new sales going out the door i am out another 65 in shipping cost and the company has refused to pay me I am opening a world wide class action lawsuit against this company and did you know in ca its against the law to charge a fee on the sipping cost since they set the shippng cost at 3.99 they can not by law take 1.25 off this price and leave you holding the bal they are breaking the law and false advert there site state far away from this company
Hi, my name is Emilio Saenz Olivares
I sympathize, with all of you who are complaining against AuthorHouse, me too, have been cheated out of the so called
royalties, I wrote two books from the New Testament in Hebrew/Spanish with key to pronounciation of the Hebrew, and I
am seeing my books being sold all over the internet, but I am glad for that, even though I am not receiving much out of them,
nevertheless I am glad that my books are been read by many, the books have a message from the God of Heaven and the
earth, I am still indebted from the expenses incurred publishing my books, but glory to God and His Son Jesus Christ, for
the books are being bought and read.
My book was published Sept, 2009 and since then I've sold, from Hastings book stores alone, 347 copies. I do not know how many I've sold from other book stores due to fact that they refuse to disclose the information, sighting their contract is with the publishing company not myself. However, from the 347 books sold I've recieved payment on only 20 books. Author house claims that they have no record of anymore sales. Recently my book was released on e-books. I found this out, not through author house but from a friend who purchased it through e-books. Again Author house has denied any sales from e-books. Needless to say I'm more than upset and am in the process of finding an attorney to take on my lawsuit. I'd rather go the route of class action suit if possible so if anyone knows of one, I want in! After reading these complaints, I'm even more angered, which I believed impossible just five minutes ago...
ive been doinsum checkin and yep i think i figured it ot somewhat. i noticed my book has 3 publication dates 2 of them are for the papper back version and one is for te ebook which i nderstand hat one but why does my paperback have 2 ones for 1/22/2010 and the other is 1/26/2010 plu i found out the ISBN# i have all rights reservered to has 4 dashes in it. when i went on autorhouses site and put that number in it comes up nothing. because its a 17 digit# with all the dashes. when iet rid of te dashes poof there it is. hence the dead isbn # we are all getting royalties from so check yours. ibet its the same way. im only getting royalties from 1 website on the web all the other webites authorhouse i collecting from. yep i googled the isbn# with all the dashes and only 1site showed up. if i google my isbn# without the dashes dozens of sites pop up and if i google th title of my book its on over700 sites worldwide. and many of them are bestselling sites. im right up there running with larry the cable guys book get-er-dun so authorhouse can kiss my ###! ya'll can quote me on that!
My name is Kurt Maxwell and my book is "Race to Damacus". Despite all of the promotion of this book I am told that I have only sold 3 copies and received one check for $2.65 in royalties. My family alone have bought more than 3 books.
I have asked Authorhouse to stop printing and selling "RTD" but they continue to profit from my work. I just bought a new copy from Amazon and now wonder just how many other copies have been purchased without my being paid.
Count me in on any legal action.
Kurt Maxwell
motowriter@aim.com
God help us all! I too completely agree. My book is for sale all over the internet, new and used but I've not received my royalty checks. I think all the authors should get together and file a class action law suit! The only reason I do not have lawyer is that I can not afford one! From what I have been told, "Class Action Suits" are contingent! We have to have more than one for "Class Action.
marciecaudell@yahoo.com
I was just told a book I published with authorhouse has sold over 300000 copies I have received royalties for less than 20 copies where is my money authorhouse?
I completely agree and can relate with each and every one of you. I almost feel like an idiot but I now realize that this could've and "did" happen to others. I published my book, "Seductions of Her Past" in June of 2009 and received a check in December of 09' for $47.09 and hadn't seen another check since. I don't understand this when Barnes and Noble ordered bulks of books for me to do book signings not to mention my friends and family that went online to order the book. Something really should be done! If anyone gets a class law suit together please let me know. I've invested so much money into this book aside the costs of publishing it with this rip off of a company. Cocanuts69@yahoo.com is how I can be contacted.
my name is Daniel G. Stewart Sr. I am the author of A MUDBOGGER AND OFFROADERS SARCASTIC DEFINITION OF A REDNECK SPORT . My book has been out since jan 09. Authorhouse has been giving me the run around even before it was live. Since it has been live my roalty checks have not reflected what i have seen watching the web. my book has been competing with jeff foxworthy and larry the cable guy for the past year running between #17 and #30 out of 140 bestsellers on barnes and noble and has been on god knows how many other bestselling lists i have seen also. After receiving my first royalty check from authorhouse i called them and asked them where are all the rest of my sales from the websites, the only sales reported on my statement were only what i and a friend had purchased. I told them i know i have sold more than that and the only response i got from the guy was PROVE IT! Since then i have watched my book continually ride on many bestsellers lists on the web and have been receiving royaltys of $2.65, $5.00, and $15.33. I know my books doing well and have a fan base on facebook . i know authorhouse is doctoring their report books and i need my money although i know i will never see my money back from my past sales that have been deleted from their files already, but it would be nice to maybe start seeing some in the future, someone definately needs to crack open their files and find out where all of our money is, thanx for this opportunity,
Daniel G. Stewart Sr.
[protected]
redneckwriter@yahoo.com
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Itried to contact Miss Barbara one number wirks other not taking calls also check ouit attorney it may be a scam because last week I posted about starting a class action suit these people are scam artist beware if this is legite.
Chris thr333r3asons@msn.com contact me I'm ready to kick butt...
I had a book published by AuthorHOuse in 2007. I was interviewed on the ABC Morning Show in Phoenix, AZ. I had several book signings wherein people brought the books they purchased through Amazon and Authorhouse to be signed. Tower Records definetely have copies of my book in their stores (under a different publishers name - Lightning House). The ISBN number was somewhat altered. I called Author House and asked for the name of their printer and of course it was Lightning Source who had my book on sale using their name, since its release. Fraud, Piracy and Theft are more accurate words to describe the way AuthorHouse does business. I intend to join the class action suit.
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