Publish America
Ripoff Practiced unprofessionlism and lack of integrity

Publish America? What can I say? I never wanted to speak poorly about my publisher. However I cannot appreciate its treatment of its authors. Or the stain that is left because of the company name, in spite of the fact that there are good authors contracted by Publish America. I worked on a story for fifteen years—sent out various inquiries to other publishers; but the reply was always the same: "This is not what were currently looking for at this time." When Publish America agreed that they would publish my book, I became ecstatic; little did I know the nightmare that I would replace for the cost of my dream. The contract seemed simple enough—mentioning things like "will see to promotion of work" and will "distribute as the public demands; I had no idea that this meant I would be receiving a book showing me how to promote my own work, or that distribuution as the public demands meant Print on Demand. Now I'm stuck with a seven year contract of lax attitude, after fifteen years of arduous work—and who is willing to take me seriously now? I chanllenge anyone to read my work at Rendered Realities and judge for themselevs that my work is of the highest integrity, and meets with the esteem of the reader. Because the last thing that I want to be doing, is misleading people into believing that my work is any good, when they have already made up their mind that it's crap because it was published by PA. And this is what PA has done to decent writers that have signed a contract with them, they have insulted not only the integrity of the writer, but their dream as well. The unprofessionalism and lack of integrity is evident in the nature of PA—according to Amazon they have 26 of my novels "P" used and new books available to the public, which is interesting to note, because I haven't sold that many—at least not according to my royalty checks; so either someone is being dishonets with the sales, or there is a computer error somewhere. As it stands now, I have recently finished another novel, and I'll be damned if I sign another contract with PA—I would like to get on with ACE or EDGE if my work meets their esteem. And if not, then I guess I will be putting the books I finish on a shelf until a reputable company decides that my work has the quality that they're looking for. Perhaps there are people that feel that they haven't been burned by PA. My hat's off to them and I wish them all the best. However, I feel that I have been burned by PA and I offer this warning to any aspiring writer: research thoroughly the company that says "yes" to your work. Because in the end it's your dream, and I'm of the opinion that PA isn't interested in your dream—only in selling books!

PS.
Any typos that you might find are not there because I'm a lousy writer, just a lousy editor.
Pss.
People take care in all that you do; because someone is always trying to play an angle or cut corners; and if you truly find what it is that you are looking for reflecting your dreams, then truly I say unto you that you are blessed by the gods!

Company: Publish America
Country: USA
Site: publishamerica.com

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