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Is YOUR BOOK at Risk?! List of Publishers Who Bit the Dust…and WHY

Published on March 28, 2024 author solutions, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, pod complaints, self-publishing, tate

Publishers who apparently bit the dust, presumably leaving their authors high and dry.

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Published on January 19, 2024 amazon, Amazon's KDP Print Complaints, author solutions, authorhouse, bookbaby, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, createspace complaints, infinity publishing, iuniverse, lulu, pod complaints, Print on demand, self-publishing, tate, traditional publishing, writing career advice, xlibris

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Some Tate Publishing Authors are Still Learning They’ve Been Victimized

Published on May 20, 2022 author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, tate, writing scams

“My mom wrote 3 books, and published them through Tate Publishing and the royalties were to go to my children but…”

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?!

Tate Publishing Owners Plead Out – but do you REALLY think their victims will get paid everything they’re owed?! WE DON’T!

Published on December 28, 2018 Complaints about specific publishers, tate

I think the Tates will eventually go to prison. How in the world are the doing to keep up with 12.43 years of payments at $6K/month?!

“Tate Publishing agreed to reimburse their victims but I never submitted a claim! What can I do?”

Published on December 28, 2018 author scams, self-publishing, tate, writing scams

It’s NOT too late to file your claim! But, you need to hurry!!

“I sued Tate Publishing, and won, but Amazon is still selling their edition of my book!”

Published on October 18, 2018 Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, pod complaints, tate, writing scams

I sued my publisher (Tate Publishing) for 5 counts of breach of contract, including stealing all the royalties, and won. I just learned from a friend that she ordered my book on Amazon and got it…

Tate Publishing’s Owners Heading Back to Court! Whispers and Warnings – 10/17/18

Published on October 16, 2018 Complaints about specific publishers, libel, tate

Next Tate Publishing hearing scheduled for November 7, 2018 Hearing set for Tate Publishing embezzlement case “Former clients of the Mustang-based vanity press have continued to contact Attorney General Mike Hunter’s office with complaints since officials arrested Richard and Ryan Tate in May last year. The tally is now more than 2,100, spokeswoman Terri Watkins […]

CreateSpace GONE as Amazon forces authors into a different program. Higher costs? Slower royalty payments? And, Angry authors! – Whispers and Warnings – 08/30/18

Published on August 30, 2018 amazon, copyrights, createspace complaints, legal, tate

Amazon kills CreateSpace, forces authors to KDP Print – and people are UPSET!; Tate Publishing owners – will they EVER go to trial?; TrueLine Publishing employees claims she was drugged at Christmas Party; and more juicy stories!

Tate Publishing Update: WHERE ARE THE AUTHORS’ FILES?!?!

Published on July 20, 2018 Complaints about specific publishers, tate

The Journal Record interviewed me last week, and published an update to the Tate Publishing saga today. In a nutshell, it states that the Oklahoma Attorney General: Is having a difficult time sifting through the authors’ files (some are empty or corrupt) Is having a difficult time contacting some of the authors What we found […]