| My story is that an author who'd done
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| | and changed my gender, the result might
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| online writing for such dot gones as
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| | resemble Lisa. North of Sunset is fun,
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| Themestream, Written By Me, and The
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| | about a Hollywood producer and his
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| Vines, someone trying hard to have
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| | temporary secretary, showing a good deal
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| fiction, poetry and nonfiction in print
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| | of what I presume is reality. It is
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| for real, recommended PublishAmerica. She
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| | written with the omniscient viewpoint,
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| claimed it was a traditional book
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| | which I dislike, but it held my interest
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| publisher. I was struck with their
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| | regardless. "I'd discovered through an
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| slogan, "We treat writers the old
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| | upset PA author on the messageboards,
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| fashioned way - we pay them." Wasn't that
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| | which I read on occasion, that someone
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| what publishers were supposed to do?But
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| | was complaining about PublishAmerica.
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| since my novel was just sitting on the
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| | Discovering the Absolute Write Background
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| DiskUs Publishing site and doing nothing
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| | Check area I spent several hours reading,
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| but supplying me with enough money to buy
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| | at the time, more than 40 pages of
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| a pair of skate laces every three months,
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| | complaints about PublishAmerica. Authors
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| I thought maybe it would have a better
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| | not receiving books in time for
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| chance over at PublishAmerica where it
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| | booksignings that they set up themselves.
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| would be available as a trade size
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| | Bookstore owners/managers refusing to
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| paperback both on and off-line.So this
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| | stock their shelves with unedited
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| author, Ellen Du Bois, had a big thing on
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| | PublishAmerica titles. Writers unable to
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| her Geocities site about books being
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| | get their books reviewed.Doing a search
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| available in brick & mortar bookstores &
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| | on LexisNexis, the reputable online legal
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| they'd have ISBN numbers and be online
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| | research system, for all PublishAmerica
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| and all that stuff. Also had her full
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| | books receiving newspaper reviews, I saw
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| size book cover up so I sat there for 5
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| | that from July 2002 to June 2004, only 24
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| minutes waiting for the damn thing to
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| | books had been reviewed nationally.
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| appear. Not impressive, but she liked it.
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| | Papers in Syracuse NY, Tulsa, OK, Fort
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| Ellen was a cheerleader for her book and
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| | Pierce, FL, Wilmington, NC and Lakeland,
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| sent reviews from a weekly community rag
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| | FL were represented. Only Salt Lake
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| and she bulk e-mailed several pieces of
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| | City's 'Deseret Morning News', the 'Tulsa
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| correspondence during those heady days
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| | World', 'Pittsburgh Post-Gazette' and the
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| when her book was in prerelease, then
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| | suburban paper, the 'Chicago Daily
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| release stage in the summer of '03. I
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| | Herald' were actually major newspapers.
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| broke down and bought a copy from Amazon
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| | Evidently, the 'New York Times' or the
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| - took almost 3 weeks to get. And I
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| | 'Los Angeles Times' were not reviewing
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| struggled to read all 176 pages. Tripe.
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| | anything by PublishAmerica's authors.
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| Clichés abounded. Spelling/grammatical
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| | According to the PublishAmerica site in
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| errors weren't there at least. But the
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| | the Facts and Figures section, "Fact #3:
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| writing was thin. The story moved too
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| | Again, unparalleled among all traditional
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| quickly. The main character was the most
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| | book publishing companies, each day an
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| realistic as it was most likely based on
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| | average 15 times a PublishAmerica author
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| the author. The dialogue was okay. The
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| | appears in the news media, in newspapers,
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| descriptions were minimal. Had there been
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| | magazines, radio or TV." Yet even
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| a real editor, the book could've been
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| | mathematically challenged folks can
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| very good. I wrote to Ellen and told her
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| | determine that by using the LexisNexis
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| the positive things about the story,
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| | search statistics, we learn that the
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| avoiding the negativities. She'd been an
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| | average is a paltry once a month that a
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| online correspondent for almost two
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| | PublishAmerica book gets mentioned in a
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| years, yet after I didn't review her book
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| | newspaper somewhere in the United
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| on and Barnes & Noble she didn't contact
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| | States.Editing - What's That?Here's a gem
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| me. Almost a year later she sent me
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| | of a post on the PublishAmerica message
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| another e-mail - to promote a book of her
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| | board: "When it came out in book form a
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| poetry. I was just someone to sell a book
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| | month ago, my friends mentioned the
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| to and she was only interested in the
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| | editing problems in it, so a friend of
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| sale and hopefully a glowing write up.A
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| | mine with a masters in education went
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| Future PublishAmerica AuthorSince I'd
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| | through it for me. It had close to a
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| already signed the contract with
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| | thousand editing errors in a 182-page
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| PublishAmerica, I wanted to cancel it
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| | book. So, have some who actually knows
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| after reading that trash. Now my book
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| | what literary content should be in a
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| would be affiliated with a company that
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| | book, go through your book for you before
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| put out just about any piece of writing
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| | you send the final draft back to
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| that came its way. I wasn't expecting
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| | PublishAmerica. Because the final draft,
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| much what with my dealings with the
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| | IS!, how the book will be when it comes
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| extinct eNovel and RJ's eBooks, along
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| | out."I discovered that through the
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| with a tiny eBook publisher named Crafts
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| | misspellings, grammatical errors, and
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| Across America where I wasn't paid
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| | general bad writing that just about
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| monthly as promised. And my novel and
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| | anyone was publishable through the
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| short story collection languished at
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| | 'traditional' publisher located in
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| DiskUs, home of the alleged Number One
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| | Frederick, Maryland. Such postings as: "I
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| Best selling eBook author of all time,
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| | too am not the best editor LOL! I did get
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| Leta Nolan Childers.PublishAmerica sent
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| | my finished books. And when I met with a
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| me an author's questionnaire where they
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| | lady that is huge in the marketing field,
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| asked for basic biographical information;
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| | she told me that my book at it's length
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| cover art suggestions, and a long list of
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| | of 132 pages needs to have chapters." A
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| people who might want to read my
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| | couple of PublishAmerica authors
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| forthcoming novel."Please prepare a list
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| | discussed editing. "I felt like you did
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| (names, and addresses,) of people who
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| | when I found errors, but then I realized,
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| know you well enough to be interested in
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| | hey people read it for the story, not
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| your success as a writer: personal
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| | looking for mistakes in typo land! LOL
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| friends, colleagues, relatives, etc., to
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| | Now I just keep on a keepin on!"Sales
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| receive a book announcement...Please
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| | FiguresQuestion: I'd really like to know
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| limit your list and your labels to a
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| | how many copies I've sold.Answer: Buy all
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| maximum of 100 contacts. Also, please do
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| | of the books yourself and then count
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| not include businesses or organizations
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| | them.No matter how naïve PublishAmerica
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| of any kind, including bookstores, media
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| | authors appeared, they will eventually
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| contacts, or government organizations.
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| | come to the realization that
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| Include friends and associates only."The
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| | PublishAmerica isn't really a traditional
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| editing process of my manuscript took two
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| | publisher, especially when those
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| weeks over the Christmas holidays. I was
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| | twice-yearly royalty checks arrived.
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| able to ascertain that the first few
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| | Every few months or so PublishAmerica
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| pages had been read as some minor
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| | sent them an e-mail extolling their
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| alterations had been made, but no changes
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| | success, bragging about a big name author
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| followed for another 50 or so pages. One
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| | they're negotiating with, or, more
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| of the errors that occurred was clearly
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| | recently, doing a deal with the New York
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| the result of a spellchecker on the part
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| | Times. On August 17th, an e-mail bearing
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| of PublishAmerica as a question mark
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| | the proud subject heading 'Advertising
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| appeared after the end of a statement.
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| | Our Topsellers in the New York Times'
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| I'd read of real authors receiving
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| | appeared in author's online
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| instructions to change chapters, alter
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| | mailboxes.PublishAmerica was well named
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| endings, delete numerous pages, in other
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| | in that they want to publish anyone in
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| words, really struggle to rewrite a book.
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| | North America who has churned out a
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| Why so much effort? Names. Reputation.
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| | manuscript, regardless of quality. They
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| The publisher wanted to put their name on
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| | claim to have anywhere from 9,000 to
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| the best quality book that they had
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| | 12,000 "happy" authors and they want more
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| invested in. The author wanted a book
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| | and more of them as that obviously means
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| that was saleable but also well written
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| | more money for the greedy owners, namely
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| and something they were proud of.
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| | Willem Meiner and Larry Clopper.The
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| PublishAmerica's editing comprised
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| | PublishAmerica name and logo is seen as a
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| neither ideal as all they did was put the
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| | joke to those in the media, bookstores
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| computer program's spelling/grammar
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| | and libraries. Books can't be returned.
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| checker into action.My two free author's
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| | All PublishAmerica titles lack the
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| copies arrived in early March and it was
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| | necessary CIP [Cataloging-in-Publication]
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| nice to see my trade paperback book in
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| | data, which is necessary for libraries to
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| print sans a cheesy cover and stapled
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| | order titles, and who wants to read
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| spine. 'North of Sunset' actually had
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| | unedited and overpriced tomes other than
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| decent looking stock cover art of a few
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| | the author's cronies? Oh yeah, and while
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| silhouetted palm trees, a noticeable
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| | PublishAmerica claims that they're a
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| font, and a spine where the book title,
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| | 'traditional publisher' why on earth do
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| publisher and author's name was apparent.
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| | they have in their main page keywords
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| It would look good on bookstore shelves,
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| | list the term 'self publishing' three
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| I imagined.Reviews - What Reviews?What
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| | times? And in their site's description,
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| was Publish America doing to make sure my
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| | they brag: "PublishAmerica, Inc., a
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| book was reviewed? Nothing. I decided to
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| | traditional publisher, accepting and
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| contact local daily and weekly newspapers
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| | publishing manuscripts and books at NO
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| by e-mailing a press release. The only
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| | CHARGE to the author. Royalties paid to
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| responses I got were two e-mail
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| | writers, books sold in stores. Manuscript
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| autoresponders announcing the editors
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| | submissions by mail and online"In the
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| were on vacation.I spent $40 on copies of
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| | beginning of September I received a
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| my book's galley and mailed them to three
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| | royalty check. To my surprise, I was not
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| national newspapers and the Library
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| | only able to afford to buy a pair of
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| Journal magazine. Then I phoned a book
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| | laces for my skates, I shelled out the
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| reviewer at the 'San Diego Union-Tribune'
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| | $12 it cost to sharpen my blades. Who
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| and asked if he'd be interested in
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| | knew that this company would provide
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| reviewing my book but before I could even
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| | extra income enabling me to continue
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| describe what it was about, he asked who
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| | participating in my recreational skating
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| my publisher was. I told him. "We don't
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| | hobby? But it cost me more than the $160
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| review books by that publisher," he
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| | in author-bought books, the $40 for
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| stated.I called all the local bookstores
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| | galleys, which were probably plunged into
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| and spoke to the managers and/ or
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| | a recycling bin, the $87 color business
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| community relations people about my book,
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| | cards, $20 press release -- and the
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| including a couple of stores who were
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| | countless hours building and rebuilding
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| physically located on the street I'd
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| | my website so people would happen across
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| written about. An independent bookstore
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| | it and buy a book that was only available
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| owner told me that since PA didn't have a
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| | online--like any other
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| return policy she was unable to stock my
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| | eBook.PublishAmerica allows the myth of
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| novel. Another said that I could sell my
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| | being a 'traditional' publisher, a term
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| book on consignment. The chain stores of
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| | not used before the advent of the
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| Borders and Barnes & Noble said my book
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| | Internet, to fester. The lie is
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| would be available through Ingram if
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| | perpetrated in those HTML source codes
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| anyone chose to order it.Tried getting
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| | that search engine spider robots deliver;
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| PublishAmerica to send review copies out
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| | the future authors led to the promised
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| and it took them weeks to do so. Had to
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| | realm of publishing, an internet web of
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| call and make sure on two occasions that
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| | woven myths fanning across cyberspace.
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| the books had been mailed. Maybe quoting
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| | PublishAmerica resembles most other
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| one of their enthusiastic promoters on
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| | ePublishing companies promising tales of
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| the message board, a guy with a natural
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| | bestselling books and authors.
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| genius for marketing and the budget to
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| | PublishAmerica is just another scam, just
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| back it up, got three books sent to
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| | another future dot gone.If you are a
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| reviewers.Then I sent my book to Piers
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| | PublishAmerica author, or know of one,
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| Anthony, noted sci-fi and fantasy author
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| | who is unhappily published and will tell
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| of more than 100 books. I'd been in touch
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| | your story, please contact:Federal Trade
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| with him since 2000 when I alerted him to
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| | Commission
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| the fact that eNovel was a rip-off.
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| | attn: CRC - 240
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| Although the action in his books usually
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| | Washington, DC 20580
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| took place in alternate time periods
| |
| | FTC Consumer Complaint FormFrederick
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| universes, he didn't mind reading a
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| | County Board of County Commissioners
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| mainstream Hollywood novel. He did so.
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| | Winchester Hall
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| "North of Sunset by Lisa Maliga. She's
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| | 12 E. Church Street, Frederick, MD 21701
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| the one listed in my Survey as I'm a
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| | Telephone: 301-694-1100
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| Published Novelist Ha Ha! Ha!, a
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| | Fax: 301-694-1849
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| pertinent warning for starry-eyed
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| | L. Thompson, Jr., President
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| aspiring writers. Her web site is worth
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| | Winchester Hall
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| checking similarly; she tells it as it
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| | 12 E.
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| is. If you took a few decades off my age
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