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We received an email from an author who was scammed out of $18K by Ashbery Publishing / Ashbery Publishing Company / AshberyPublishing.com / ashbery-publishing.com. Worse, they took control of her website domain and her social media accounts. They later wanted an additional $599 but she didn’t comply. When they requested another $12K for an audiobook contract, they tried to pressure her to “find the money” anyway. She declined.

One huge red flag was when they “guaranteed” her royalties of $39K. Any publisher that guarantees you a certain dollar amount in royalties is absolutely a scammer.

Here’s what else we dug up on Ashbery Publishing: 

1. They claim to have been in business since 2012 but their website was just created in 2024.

2. The featured book on their homepage, The Girl of Many Crowns, was published by another company (copyright infringement). Feared and Forgotten was published before this company’s website existed. Another cover on their site was published by another scam organization we’ve identified so now they’re stealing from each other!

3. Their “U.S. address” is the exact same as a virtual mailbox rental service.

4. According to Facebook, their page manager is in PAKISTAN.

5. They are committing several violations on THIS LIST

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