Published on April 29, 2022
amazon, author, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, pod complaints, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice
Considering using Amazon KDP to publish your book? You may want to read these numerous complaints first. From cancelled author accounts, to royalty issues, to printing/binding problems, to bad (or non-existent) customer service…and much, MUCH more!
Published on March 10, 2022
amazon, Book Reviews, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing
“How can one book on preorder get reviews and another not?”
Published on February 25, 2022
amazon, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, pod complaints, Print on demand, self-publishing
Never assume that having your book published by Amazon KDP will mean that your book will be stocked by Amazon…
Published on February 25, 2022
amazon, book marketing, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, createspace complaints, KDP, KDP Print, promoting your writing, self-publishing, writing career advice
Dear Amazon,
It’s been awhile since we last spoke. Remember when we sued you for anti-trust violations? Wasn’t it fun meeting face-to-face in that courtroom? And then…
Published on February 17, 2022
amazon, author, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice
I bought copies of my book through Amazon. I don’t see those sales in my publisher’s reports.
Published on January 13, 2022
amazon, author, book marketing, bookstores, Print on demand, promoting your writing, writing career advice
I’m sorry if this sounds harsh but it’s the truth…
Published on October 15, 2021
amazon, Censorship, legal
A few years ago, a felon contacted us. He wanted to publish a book about how he’d been muted by the media, gagged by the government, screwed by the sheriff, discredited by the district attorney (sorry – I was running out of synonyms…), etc. Unfortunately, we receive those types of letters all the time. We […]
Published on October 1, 2021
amazon, author, book marketing, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, writing career advice
If you let any other person or company host your website, they have the power to “cancel” you if they don’t like something in your book, something you wrote online, or even some of your social media posts. You may think you’re safe from this garbage right now but you never know which way the politically correct tide is going to move in the future…
Published on August 12, 2021
amazon, author scams, book marketing, Book Reviews, book signing advice, bookstores, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing career advice, writing scams
Don’t even WORK with a publisher who upsells authors on these kinds of (bleep)…
Published on August 12, 2021
amazon, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, self-publishing, traditional publishing
“I’ve already had a couple of people tell me they bought his books instead of mine…”
