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MORE COMPLAINTS about AuthorHouse!

Published on August 27, 2020 author solutions, authorhouse, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, iuniverse, pod complaints, Print on demand, self-publishing, xlibris

Holy Moly! There are some FURIOUS authors posting complaints online about AuthorHouse and their parent company, Author Solutions!

COMPLAINTS about Outskirts Press / OutskirtsPress.com

Published on August 20, 2020 complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, pod complaints, Print on demand, self-publishing

We compete directly with Outskirts Press. When we reject a manuscript, we never refer those authors to Outskirts Press.

MORE COMPLAINTS about Fast Pencil / Infinity Publishing. And, now they have a website called Opyrus!

Published on August 13, 2020 complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, pod complaints, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing scams

When you don’t have the time or money to pay your authors’ royalties…yet you DO have the time and money to create a new website… SHAME ON FASTPENCIL / INFINITY PUBLISHING!

How to Instantly Lose Your Entire Website? Buy Website Design/Hosting Services from a Crappy Publisher!

Published on August 6, 2020 complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, Print on demand, writing scams

Dog Ear Publishing author lost his publisher AND the website HE paid for!

MORE COMPLAINTS about Lulu.com! WHAT the HECK is going on over there?!

Published on July 23, 2020 complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, lulu, Print on demand, self-publishing

Holy moly! Lulu’s authors are ANGRY!!!

WritersWeekly Recommends Authors AVOID Elite Choice Awards / elitechoiceawards.com!

Published on July 9, 2020 complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Contests!, writing scams

“I would like to make sure that other authors are not taken in by Elite Choice Awards, if in fact it is a scam…” LOOK WHAT WRITERSWEEKLY FOUND.

Complaints about Freelancer.com

Published on July 2, 2020 complaints, writing career advice, writing tips

“Freelancer.com insisted that they needed the employer to verify his identity. Uh, that had already been done! They said so when I took the job or I would not have taken it.”

How Can I Tell Which Book Marketing Services are Legit and Which Ones are a Scam?

Published on June 4, 2020 author scams, complaints, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing career advice

There are so many links online that claim they will help you market your indie published book (specifically Christian books). How can I know which ones are legitimate and which ones are, or border on, a scam?

Dog Ear Publishing Is GOING OUT OF BUSINESS

Published on May 28, 2020 complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, self-publishing

WritersWeekly has obtained a copy of an email sent out by Dog Ear Publishing dated May 21, 2020…

“On your website, how can I easily find all the complaints about companies?”

Published on May 28, 2020 author scams, complaints, pod complaints, writing scams

You have done a bang up job of warning your readers about scammers victimizing writers and authors. I admit I enjoy reading those. I know that makes me sound bad…