AuthorHouse review: book publishing ( 2 comments)

One of the biggest scandal's in America today, is the self-publishing business. We the Authors are scammed out of thousands of dollars every day. Many of us have fought back as well as we can, but they know no one will check up on them. I ask other scammed writers to unite, get a lawyer, split in small sums. No one is going to help us unless we unite and stop this great injustice. Are you with me? batamer2@gmail.com

I originally contacted Simon & Schuster but I didn't want to pay $3, 200 so they asked me if I was willing to pay $700 & they referred me to Author House who called me immediately. I paid $700 up front, I assumed that was it until it came time to publish it & they tried to hit me up for another $1300. I refused so they offered me a "soft launch" for $600 which I accepted. This meant no book signings, no interviews etc. (like that was going to happen). The "soft launch" meant it would be available through their website, Barnes & Noble & Amazon which was okay with me. It was on Amazon. I received $107 for royalties six months later & that was it. No more royalties...Out of curiosity I went to Barnes & Noble & asked the clerk where I would find "Diary of an Irish Grandma". He looked it up on the computer & said it was not in stock because Author House has a "no return policy" & they don't stock books they can't return. In other words, the only books I sold were the ones bought by friends & family. There's no way for anyone else to even know it existed. What a disappointment, I spent months writing it & put my heart & soul into it only to find out I'd been conned.