I’ve received dozens of emails over the past couple of weeks asking for my opinion about Amazon’s decision to delete specific ebooks from their customers’ Kindle machines. Basically, this is what happened.
Hi Angela,
Just wanted to pass on my thanks for your terrific answer to the July 15th question on your site. I’m sick beyond measure of the proliferation of these lousy offers, which exist because fools take them.
I posted a link to your site on my blog today. Thanks once again for helping educate the writing masses!
Lori Widmer
Writing & Editing
https://www.loriwidmer.com
Have you, as an author, ever considered donating a copy of your book to your local library? Did you know libraries (and other institutions) typically require donors of such materials to sign a gift contract? Would you even bother to read the contract or would you simply assume it was entirely innocent (it’s a library, for Pete’s sake), and sign on the dotted line?
I’m feeling a little stupid – I read on your website that iUniverse gives authors only a 20% royalty for a book sold on Amazon. However, if I understand correctly, your royalty (for wholesale orders) is only 15%, which is even less. What am I missing?
COMPLAINT about The Condo Shop / thecondoshops.com / Justin Petersmeyer – Writer alleges he’s owed $100 and that his emails are being ignored.
SECOND COMPLAINT about Carus Publishing Company / caruspub.com, publisher of Appleseeds, Ask, Babybug, Calliope, Cicada, Click, Cobblestone, Cricket, Dig, Faces, Ladybug, Muse, Odyssey and Spider – Writer alleges she’s owed $222. What’s disturbing is this publisher admits they owe lots of writers money…yet they’re still soliciting writers online through their writer’s guidelines.
SECOND COMPLAINT about Kim Kleeman / Shakespeare Squared / ShakespeareSquared.com / The Shakespeare Squared Foundation – Writer alleges she’s owed $1490.
WritersWeekly is investigating a third complaint about this firm as well.
SECOND COMPLAINT about Brian Connolly / Essential Marketing / essential-market.com / Essential Publishing / essentialpublishing.org – Also associated with Healthful Communications / healthfulcommunications.com / Healthy Adventure, Inc. / healthyadventure.com / Connolly Consulting Services – Writer alleges he is owed $2177.50 and that he’s retained an attorney.