complaints

Amazon is Screwing Over Authors and Publishers ONCE AGAIN!

Published on December 10, 2020 amazon, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing

Why in the world would Amazon let people who’d completely used and benefitted from a product “return” it for a full refund? I know why!

Tax Refunds of Tate Publishing’s Owners Will Be “Intercepted” by the Oklahoma Attorney General

Published on November 5, 2020 author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, tate, writing scams

PLUS: The Oklahoma Attorney General’s files about Tate Publishing have “mysteriously” vanished in the past week! Why?!

“Amazon won’t remove the old listing for my book even though the publisher is out of business!”

Published on October 29, 2020 amazon, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, writing scams

“I was able to break the contract before they went out of business. However, my book is still advertised on Amazon Children’s Books, with all of the previous information, pricing, etc…”

9 Reasons NOT to Use BookBaby to Publish Your Book

Published on October 23, 2020 author, bookbaby, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice

We were recently contacted by an author who wants to move his book from BookBaby to BookLocker. He says it takes them too long to print and ship a book. We took a look at their current “terms of service” and this is what we found…

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!