AuthorHouse Publishing — a Indiana Firm
Consumer Report

I recently entered into agreement with Authorhouse to self-publish my book. Upon entering the agreement and accepting my money the company was polite, but after paying for the services the companies representatives became more and more rude. I agreed to sign up with Authorhouse as of 01/28. I gave the company a manuscript along with a finished book cover and all they needed to do was format the work. It took them over 4 months to complete a galley for me to proof, so in a rush to meet my deadline I approved the galley without verifying any errors. After receiving notification from a magazine on the number of errors that were in the book I had the book recalled off the shelves and they never pulled all of the books. I took responsibility for not proofing the book the first time, so I went ahead and paid the fee for resubmission which is $500. It took 30 days to get another galley proof back from them, which I was supposed to have in 15 days. I found a few more minor grammatical errors when they sent me the proof, and now they want to charge me more money. I have already lost thousands of dollars on events that were advertised for book signings that I had to cancel due to not having any books. I have also lost money on flights books that I had to make trips for no purpose because I could not be refunded. I refused to pay this predator book publisher any more money for services. They prey on first time authors who are interested in self-publishing and they need to be stopped. They don't even pay royalties until 60 days after the fiscal quarter is over. I have yet to know how many books have been sold, because the authors have no access to what is being sold by outside distributors. This company had to be stopped!!!

Company: AuthorHouse Publishing — a Indiana Firm
Country: USA
State: Indiana
City: Bloomington
ZIP: 47403
Address: 1663 Liberty Drive
Phone: 8885195121
Site: authorhouse.com

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