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Westwood Books - Book publishing
This company is a vanity publishers. On no account should you accept any offer to publish your manuscript with them. They will take your money and do nothing. I entered into a deal with them where they charged me $1000.00 to publish my book. They promised reviews, press releases, exposure at book fairs etc. but once they had taken my money they stopped...
Read full complaint and 51 commentsRosedog Books and Dorrance Books. - my books.
I published 2 books with Roaesdog books. " A Revelation" and " Die...Blackboy?" Both 5 star books. I received pennies in royalties from both books through [protected]. So, I decided to self publish with Amazon KDP last month. Today I'm still sending emails in to Rosedog asking them to take down the old images of my books. They were poorly edited and...
Read full complaint and 5 commentsStudera Press, India - poor sales and non-payment of royalty
Studera Press published my book in 2017 but badly failed to market it because of the irresponsible attitude of the Publishing House's owner Mr. Akshay Jain. He told me that they have sold only 286 copies in the full one year but even after the lapse of almost two months after the agreed month of September they are neither making the payment nor cancelling...
Read full complaintCraftways Corporation - christmas cross stitch I never ordered and returned unopened
I received the package and never opened it. I have purchased the calendars many times, even recently and never had this difficulty. I wrote on the outside of the fully unopened package, "Refused, return to sender" and sent it back in the mail. It did not come back to my home but I received two additional requests for payment. I tore off the slip to return...
Read full complaintCreating Power, Karim Hajee - no refund
On September 1, 2018 I paid $34.34 for the Creating Power course of MP3's, no CD's, from Karim Hajee of Toronto, Canada, and the 90 Day warranty read: "your success in working with the Creating Power course is completely guaranteed for 90 Days. If within the 90 days you are not satisfied with our material please contact us for return instructions..." I...
Read full complaint and 1 commentLinkville Press Publishing CO. - book publishing
Linkville Press in Oregon published my book in 2015 and our contract required that they send me sales reports on my book every quarter as well as quarterly royalty payments. They did neither and after I complained several times, they terminated our contract and took my book out of print. They clearly violated the language in our contract and did nothing to...
Read full complaintKirkus Reviews - Paid book reviews
Kirkus paid book reviews is a rip off. Don't buy their service. In March 2018, I paid $500 for a review that seemed insulting, incompetent and boring. My fine novel, "TIN CAN" about a mutiny aboard a destroyer in the Tonkin Gulf during the Viet Nam-American War, is beautifully written and dynamically exciting but it was summarized as "no standout in Vietnam...
USP Postal Delivery - complaint about delivery of package that was declined because the driver went to the wrong location
Complaint about a delivery that was incorrect. The driver apparently didn't read the address correctly. On 2/20/2018 driver went to Chipley, FL that should have been delivered to Sneads, FL. On account of this the product was sent back to Amazon stating that the package was refused. Very disappointed with service. Additional information Tracking #...
Read full complaint and 1 commenttopfreeshipping.top - unethical behavior - never received item or refund
topfreeshipping appears to be a scam. I ordered a book and audio cds from them on Sunday 23 July, 2017, and my credit card was charged immediately. I was sent the following confirmation with a link. Upon closer scrutiny there is no address or contact information, and their terms and conditions of use are vague and awkwardly written. I had done a search on...
Grove book - billing issue
I can not reach grovebook by phone about my account billing issue need for them to contact me @ [protected] or [protected] my time is running out & will not be able to get my dec 2017 issue on my book for 2.99 please leave a message if no answer on my phone # [protected] as to how I may contact you back. I proceed to order my dec copy of groovebook and a...
Read full complaint and 3 commentsArthy Ravichandran - my story is stolen and has been uploaded in scribd by an unauthorized person
I'm reading AarthyRavi IdhayaththinSu(Mai)GamNee on Scribd. Check it out: https://www.scribd.com/book/343803891 The story in the above link is mine. I didn't authorise anyone or give permission for them to upload anywhere. Please remove this asap. The above mentioned person named Poorani J has uploaded other authors stories which will lead to copyright...
Raider Publishing International , New York - did not fulfill the contract by adam salviani
Dear Friends, I am the new victim of this fraud so called publisher Adam Salviani, who is the owner of so called publishing company Raider Publishing International (RPI) NEW YORK USA . I paid 4999 US Dollars to (RPI) Raider Publishing International in three installments of 2249+2249+500 US $ on 9th Feb, 9th March and 25th April 2016 for diamond package in...
Read full complaint and 4 commentsKerry Jacobson (Book Publicist) - Author Marketing
I hired Kerry just a couple months ago at the referral of a friend who had some success with him. He spoke about how he could set up a massive marketing campaign for my book, getting it to the WSJ, NYT, and USA Today bestseller lists. He sent me a money-back guarantee, and I unfortunately believed him. I paid him $9600 to start, and had my publisher drop...
Read full complaint and 2 commentsNeo Tech Society - False promises, huge, heavy books & secret on-line meetings.
Beginning in early 2005, I was sent letter by Nouveau Tech Society also known as Neothink Society making usual promises of love, money & power if I bought & read their huge, heavy books & joined their "online secret meetings", but all I did was waste my time & hundred's of dollars of my hard earned money! I feel like such stupid fool! I regret getting...
Read full complaintShaunti Feldhahn - Issues: Misleading Statistics and Segregation and Partiality Mindset
Shaunti Feldhahn is described by her website this way: "Shaunti received her graduate degree from Harvard University and was an analyst on Wall Street before unexpectedly becoming a social researcher, best-selling author and popular speaker...but a wife and mom first. After receiving a graduate degree from Harvard, and working on Capitol Hill and Wall...
Read full complaintBookWhirl - Scammed
Don’t do it! If you are considering working with BookWhirl, Don’t do it! This company is a scam and they got me for $1, 139. BBB Complaint in short: In 2013, I was contacted by BookWhirl employee who presented a wonderful marketing campaign designed specifically to help me launch the release of my second book, 100 of the Most Influential Entertainer...
Read full complaintARTIE MAHAL - AUTHOR, ARRESTED FOR RAPE IN NEW DELHI, INDIA. - ARTIE MAHAL ARRESTED FOR RAPE IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
Artie Mahal, author of "How Work Gets Done" from Perth Amboy, NJ, USA has been arrested for rape on his recent trip to India. Artie Mahal was in Gurgaon, New Delhi, visiting his relatives and during his visit made sexual advances towards their maid. The defenseless maid, employed as domestic servant, tried to resist his rape attempt. However, the suspect...
Read full complaintCyberbully Harassment - Scammed by wanda probe
I ordered and paid for Aurora Swift's books Cyberbullying and cyberharassment and Digital Footprints which I’ve never received. She closed the website shortly after I paid. https://archive.today/usCX5 Now I wonder if there ever was a book or if it was all a lie. Because I was such a trusting person I never suspected for a second that it was a cyber stalker...
Fast Media aka ExtremelyReliable - Scammers and thieves
I see so many complaints about this company from people who don't understand who they are and what they are doing. Let me explain. They are third party vendors who purchase books from other sellers, like myself, and then inflate the prices selling to unwitting individuals who have not looked at other websites to find a better price. Consumer beware! You...
Read full complaintThe League Of The Neothink Society - Book Scam
Promising to be rich and wealthy in order to sale books at a big price. I want a refund of my money.
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