Thank you for any advice! They said they pay her to place the books plus she gets part of the royalties. They are offering a spot on Publisher's weekly. Some of them don't accept unsolicitied materials, some of them do. I initially bought a package with them a while ago. So thank you, YOP, for giving it a good shot! Curious to hear any feedback- thanks much. Two books were supposed to be published. I'm glad I investigated first. Hello! Beacon Publishing Group The thing is, book fairs are not for authors. For publicity, contact publicity@beacon.org. Thanks for this useful information. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. The result was a beautifully printed and formatted book, complete with illustrations and innovative layouts. I think I got duped by a vanity press. With vanity presses, the big risk isn't them stealing your manuscript. Has anyone heard of SOOP? I think I was a victim. and not a hire hand to assist with design and formatting. Upfront things when smooth but after publishing just fizzled out with little or no contact or royalties so now I am more careful about signing on with another company. Someone contacted my sisters and me about his appreciation for 1950s science fiction, and wanted to know if we would let him be the literary agent for my father's novels. Now Book Avenue Pub has contacted me, seeming very interested in highlighting my book at upcoming international book fairs in order to "guarantee" an acquisition by a major publishing firm. Hi there, I submitted my novel to Breaking Rules Publishers, based in Florida. How do I know if theyre legit? I used Book Baby for my first book. I found out later that my book was never presented at the events as she claimed, and I had been taken for a fool. However, they don't specify what those costs are which means that it can be any number that they decide. Well I spent 6 months learning everything from scratch. If you want to work with reliable publishers, browse our catalog of independent presses, all of which have been thoroughly vetted. Please see letter below: Not really looking to 'sell' books, they just want to see their story and family history in print, good quality, of course. In the next post, well take a deeper dive into vanity presses, since they can be quite tricky to spot. All they care about is upselling you as much as possible. This is pure speculation, but it could be that all they do is spend 30 minutes redesigning your cover, another 30 minutes uploading it to Kindle and then collect 50% of your money for the next few years. What they're doing here is getting you to pay them $5,000 in cash, plus purchase 2,500 copies at "cost" which will likely be marked up, regardless of what they're saying. There is an "authorhouse" which is totally dif. Contact Information 1125 N Charles St Fl 4 Baltimore, MD 21201-5505 Get Directions Visit Website (888) 438-9694 1 1 complaints closed in last 12 months File a Complaint BBB Rating &. I am responsible for paying the air time It seems fishy to me. New vanity presses seem to set up shop each month and with no bad press associated with their names, theyre able to convince many authors to pay for their services. New York, NY 10001. Privacy Policy. Don't fall for his nonsense. I'm trying to possibly find a way out without loosing my money. NO one has asked for money or made any kind of sales pitch. What did they say? Wish this 1st time author had known all this before being r***d by a vanity publisher who over-price my book's retail by 3x!!! For one thing, traditional publishers take ALL RIGHTS for the life of your copyright in exchange for whatever they offer the author. Hi could you let me know about Lighthouse publishing buford usa, I sent my manuscript and i have had nothing but problems. They are fraudulent and they revise to even address the fact they were in breech of contract ever though it was pointed out in ever single email I sent to them. Have you heard anything about Authors4Authors Publishing? Excellent information. In the US, registering that copyright simply provides a few statutory rights when it comes to claiming damages and it should only cost you $45 to apply for it online (as of February 2022). I am talking my case to the attorney general because they do not have a physical address listed anywhere on line or on their sites and they are not listed with bbb you can not file a complaint. The video and web page will genuinely do very little to sell copies of your book without those other piece in place (and are both something you could probably do in an afternoon, if you apply yourself). Dont come close to anyone without a proven track record! Please list some of the other or similar courses available and the price, or at at least the website(s). I am sceptical because I've received so many of these calls. Should I be afraid that they may try to publish, sell, or otherwise abuse my manuscript? Yes I only made a few hundred dollars, but I gained the knowledge and confidence to now be actively scoping out agents and publishers for my next book. I would like to redo it..change size, do further editing, eliimatnaing a chapter, having a different format so I can have a less expensive selling price. Beacon has a broad array of titles in fiction & non-fiction, including business, young adult, history, romance, mystery, horror, comedy, childrens, health & wellness and more. There isn't a lot of info available on their website as to pricing, so I can't give a definite opinion. We've had a few people in the comments here ask about Gold Touch. A well-known cluster of scammers is the Filipino network previously associated with Authors Solution and now operates separately. Do their cover designs look like they were made by professionals? Thanks- There was no editing as was promised and it didn't seem like the story was about him. Aelurus is my publisher. If you're looking to distribute your book, we have a good post comparing the different ebook distributors out there: https://blog.reedsy.com/ebook-distribution/. Do you know if Trilogy Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Trinity Broadcasting Network, a Vanity Publishing or a Traditional Publishing Company? Whats your alternative? Ty so much! By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Even though I have a ready InDesign file of the book, he mentioned that they would usually make a design on their own. Format. Not sure of it is legit. BeaconPublishing Group is a fully integrated publishing company. Do you have any info on this company? Selling a book is something that most authors struggle with. That publisher is based in NY. Beacon Publishing Group accept all genres of Fiction and Nonfiction. They look like a self-publishing services company, with relatively low prices (especially for cover design) but a number of oddities: Would appreciate any information you have on him. Legit scam. One that's being offered is one from Beacon Publishing Group, so I emailed them to ask about it, and they said that they have a 90-day internship where they either offer college credit or a letter of recommendation. What can you tell me about Outskirts Press. Over 3,000 vetted editors, designers, and marketers are available for hire. . Are they reputable? Theres no fee for publishing and they dont require me to buy any books. Horrible. However take notice that they give authors 50% of proceeds, defined as "all revenue received by Uproar Books MINUS production and shipping costs." Screenplay adaptations/coverage. They seem to have published only a single book a year in the past few years, all of which have, frankly, terrible covers and very few user reviews on Amazon. Some of them have open reading period just for a limited period of time when some others are available to read your poetry for all year-round. However she do have other authors that she have published under her and they seem happy. Fees range from a few hundred dollars to more than $25,000. - they don't ask you for *any* money upfront (especially not reading fees, publishing contribution fees) I have not signed with them yet because I found some clauses with their contract which require changes. Has anyone heard of Renley Rudolf? I used them to publish my novel the Judas Goat. What does anyone know about Newman Springs Publishing or Dorrance Publishing? sandiw947@gmail.com. My Bird Songs is available on Amazon. We since pulled the book because our single contact (who seems to be the only person there) was starting to comb my voice out and replace it with hers. In the US, registering that copyright simply provides a few statutory rights when it comes to claiming damages and it should only cost you $45 to apply for it online (as of February 2022). Ive used vanity publishers before and loved it. What is your review of self publishing school? What type of book are you publishing? Does this sound legitimate? You have a really good article here, but I feel you bleed these two kinds of companies together. Thank you, The small presses listed on Poets & Writers should generally be legit though I always recommend doing a double check by googling them and making sure they don't appear on Writer Beware's "Thumbs Down Publishers List" or on David Gaughran's blog. Reedsy is more than just a blog. I hope this is not how your company conducts business. GREAT information. After the book was published they kept calling me to spend more money on advertising at book fairs which I know is a total scam. Has anyone heard of Sydney Dewitt of House of Literary in Palmville, California? Thank you for your sage advice. I am an experienced author with another good publishing company but they are not interested in this genre. Beacon Publishing Group (BPG) is a general-interest book imprint established in 2007. That doesn't sound like a great deal at all. But remember, there is not much money, if any at all, to be made in the book publishing if you are a new author unless you are a celebrity or famous person in which case you go to traditional publishing. The weird thing is that I have researched Self Publishing School online and I haven't seen any bad reviews. I have received an offer from Belle Isle publishing, the co-op branch of Brandylane Publishing. And you can usually sniff them out by the fact that their prizes are not really prizes. Companies who send unsolicited emails about their services (especially review services) and who don't have a website are most probably scams, yes. Do I remove bits I wrote during this process? My novel "Reflection of Memories" has been doing well . Is Mulberry Books a reputable company? I googled BBB and Xlibris and saw an A+ rating but only one star and I didn't see Xlibris anywhere, but the name Authors House. https://thenewpress.com/, What about Author Elite Academy and Kingdom Builders. Now get lots of calls to republish, etc. After a little over a year, he was told it was ready. He wanted to write a memoir, but he needed help. I received an email from Gold Touch Press offering services to republish my book. New York is home to Beacon Publishing Group, an independent leftist publisher that publishes both fiction and non-fiction manuscripts. I'm not a against a secular publisher but my series is a Christian one. They do offer a self-publishing track, where they provide all the usual publishing services for a fee instead of buying the book, but they're a legit publisher. Our books are available to the public wherever books are sold, including: Barnes & Noble, Amazon, mass market retailers, specialty retailers, gift stores and fine independent bookstores nationwide. I would be very cautious of any company that contacts you unsolicited there are plenty of bad-faith presses out there who are looking to snatch up author's old books and hold on to them. But so have a lot others. After listening to him and telling him numerous times I was not interested in putting money into my book, I told him I was not interested, do not contact me, and to place me on the do not call list. Beacon Publishing Group is a registered trademark. Loved it I wish I would have read this all earlier! Thank you, Does anybody know or has anyone heard of "Author's House" (@Authors_tweets) I got an e-mail from them promising reviews for my book with three various packages from $100, $200 and $400 (30 reviews) to go on goodreads, Amazon and YouTube. Please sort it out and refund me accordingly as you promised . I love it!But then the comment space slid up out from under my fingers and a pop-up jiggled at me. If you do need someone to help you market your book, make sure they offer services that have a direct impact on your ability to reach your target reader (things like digital advertising and mailing list growth). For more information, please see our My guess is that their services will involve little more than making you a book trailer, maybe setting up some Facebook ads and perhaps getting you a "guest blog" on some site you've never heard of. Very interested in working with Author Academy Elite and would appreciate insights/opinions/comments. When I declined their "partnership" services and contract, I was offered a "half now, half later" payment option, all the while facing a time-crunch decision window in order to make their deadline for my book to appear be in their next magazine issue. I already self published with Balboa Press. Guidelines for academic or science based books MS WORD PDF 3. What do you know about 'Books Agency Plus? Or are they a scam? Did you go forward with them? Thanks. If it's graphically complex, then you may want to consider hiring a formatter otherwise you can, if you want, use a free tool to format the book yourself. Our reach is from coast to coast with international distribution. Contacted Covenant Books to have my book reviewed free as they claimed. Or you can search for professionals on Reedsy. What about Kary Oberbrunner's Author Elite Academy? Obnoxious pop-up moved to inoffensive sidebar. The persons name is Derrick McIlroy.. This was unnecessary. Have you heard anything about FriesenPress, Trilogy Publishing or Authorhouse? My thanks for any direction you may offer. I Googled the name but got no red flag reviews. I'm wondering about White Bird Publishing, which I believe is actually a hybrid publisher but claims to be a traditional one. They are a company who is questionable in its ethics. I vetted YOP before I jumped in and found nothing but Victoria said they were a fairly new company with only a handful of clients. I have now told them to back off and I will not go with them. If you want to confirm your suspicions, just look up the books they've published on Amazon or any online retailer. Still I would like to sell some books. ****** ****** Thank you very much for the article. A day or so later a Lady sent me an email. What publishing company would be advised for this? any feed back. (For a primer on the topic, check out this guide.) It's free to publish and sell on Amazon both for the ebook and the print book you should never pay a third-party company for that. You can self-publish through Amazon and it won't cost you a dime. This business has 0 complaints. 4. I was able to find the previous inquiries into this company once you called them to my attention and will find another route. Ive been notified by Pubkits.com. He said that tomorrow will be late. For example, they might only pay their editor $600 and then mark up the "editing costs" to $3,000 so you could pay more than 100% of the actual costs without knowing it. Or is the company more of a vanity press? Thanks :-). I'd be very careful before I sign with any organization like this. There are, however, competitions that are little more than money-spinning enterprises. Ah, I might have been mistaken there. My father, David Duncan (not to be confused with Dave Duncan from Canada) wrote 13 novels, mysteries and science fiction books, as well as a couple of science fiction screen plays and lots of screen plays for television. CW. Is Go To Publish.com reputable? Thank you! There is Self Publishing companies that are Author Funded and then there is "vanity presses" those two things are entirely different. That said, I'd be grateful if you could forward that email to us: service[at]reedsy[dot]com so we can take a look. Their website is well-presented and written, but when one of their 'editors' contacted me to express interest, her English was extremely dodgy. Anyone know anything about this company ? Are you willing to give this guy $5,000? Has that been rated? You are the customer and they don't care if you sell one copy. He didn't mention any costs that might be involved as well as nothing says about it on their website. Any place that asks you for $5,000 to publish your book is going to be a scam. Thanks for weighing in Reedsy. Hiding negative complaints is only a Band-Aid. But, one wants $3400 and the other almost $5000, I used x-libris cost me a few thousand and didnt sell much. They appear to sell books and audiobooks in retailers like Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and published their latest book, "Ambush at Fig Tree Gulch," in April 2022. He has not, so far. For example, if youre planning a wedding, you could do it yourself and buy silverwear from this company, buy plates from that wholesaler, order food from that restaurant, and freelance some waiters to help you out and pull together all the moving parts OR you could hire a wedding planning/catering agency that does it all and alleviates the headache. Take this quick quiz to see if you're dealing with a legit publishing company. They did not list a price, but want me to respond by replying to their email or phoning them. If they ask you to pay for anything/co-finance the book, then you should start looking deeper, but they seem like they could be legit. thanks, Hi. Thank You. - they don't offer any developmental (or structural) editing and copy-editing, only proofreading; I kept reiterating it wasnt about there necessarily being shared costs, but rather that they were never upfront with me about sharing costs and none of that was delineated in the contract. about my book (which was priced too high by the publisher and is not selling!) Some massively prolific vanity presses you may wish to avoid include: Some scammers even masquerade under the name of Big Five imprints. Beacon Publishing Group publishes great authors and books in all genres. IMO BookBaby is reputable. Thanks. Any guidance you can offer would be so very helpful! Launch your book successfully with our tried-and-true strategies. Shady publishing companies that offer to sell you ISBNs above the market price (and other types of publishing scammers). Their company is legit since they were able to publish my book: https://www.amazon.com/Long-Journey-Home-Julie-Chenevert/dp/1733701354/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=goldtouch+press&qid=1557963118&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmrnull. They are non-profit organization, and a lot of donors and foundations are listed on their website including National Endowement for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts. Thanks. Beacon Publishing Group is a registered trademark. After a year and two extensions, my friend was tired of excuses and wanted the manuscript. Dollar for dollar you pay more but thats the price of ease and convenience. They offer bundled packages with a lot of stuff you could get elsewhere for free plus they don't really offer anything editorially apart from "Content Evaluation". https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3545c85ed81996924e0e68383a9d488f86723352d6e727c4166f4174bdbb80b9.jpg. I've seen some other people on forums from a few years ago asking about this company and whether or not they're legit, but I haven't seen anyone get any definite or recent answers. As a first-time author, I am naive to the ways of the publishing world. Is anyone familiar with Covenant Publishing? The audio book division is one of the top prominent audio book publishers in the United States. Thanks. The contract has most of the criteria suggested for a hybrid publisher, with a 50/50 split of the costs spread out over time as the process moves forward. He then proceeded to tell me that I didnt have any goals for my book. My intention is to have my LLC as the publisher That said, you don't really need a course to self-publish. They claim to be a hybrid, and they certainly dont publish anyone and everyone, but I have my doubts. I am interested to see what you find out. Do not give them any money. Did they offer 10% of the sale price or profits? More about it here: https://blog.reedsy.com/how-to-self-publish-a-book-on-amazon/, This information really helped me. Something or Other Publishing? Some of them have open reading period just for a limited period of time when some others are available to read your poetry for all year-round. The company retains a A+ Better Business Bureau rating. To be clear, your book was assigned an ISBN, had a book cover designed, was available for pre-order, social media promotion, and developmental editing (which you didn't like, which caused the problem); hence, it is false to question our ethics, and to claim we did no work. If someone calls you to offer to "market your book," in 99% of the cases it means they're either dodgy or are outright trying to scam you. Sorry to hear that, Leanne :( In cases like this, the best way forward is to issue a rights reversion letter: https://www.authorsalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/20160920-Interactive-RR-Letter-Guide.pdf One supporting member of my web site gets vertigo, and sometimes nausea. I even asked her if this was a scam and she gave me the name and phone number of another Lady .I then told her because she did that I was impressed and trusted her. Your thoughts? https://authoracademyelite.com/ourauthors. approved for publishing." Secondly, your agent should never ask you to pay for anything. Yes, New Reader Magazine can be considered a scam, and we're getting a lot of notifications from authors asking us about them, meaning they're actively trying to sell their overpriced services. I know, I got sucked in by them. My gut says its not Legit. I have always believed . I went to their tweet account and not alot of activity. I have lodged a complaint with the BBB of central Indiana and attempted to dispute some of the charges via VISA. All this for a charge of $800 plus my travel expenses. Authors own the copyright to their works before and after they publish them. Lets talk about traditional publishers and their insanely small royalties (while offering very little and requiring the author to do most of the marketing still) I do not know where to go with this since it seems there are so many scams. We've heard a lot of very bad things about Capstone Media Services. Is Parchment Global Publishing legit? Yes, Does anyone have any info on Go To Publish, a marketing company out of London and Atlanta, Georgia, Gotopublish.com I have been approached re: their services for marketing of one of my books. Does anyone have any experience or comments on blkdg publishing out of London? It was really hard to read. I was thinking about Bublish but wasn't sure if i should. station Tbn looking for Christian Authors. HELP! Do you know who the cheif executive is? I decided NOT to go with them because I could not partner with an entity that does not exist. I am going to research this information. Is Covenant Books of South Carolina reputable? never again. From that I'd say they're definitely legit, but as always make sure that you reach contracts very carefully (if you get to that stage) and consult with an experienced IP lawyer. The publisher kept stalling my historical fiction with accuracy checks, never mind that I has already done extensive research on it. I can 100% guarantee that they do not work with Neil Gaiman. Can you help? Also, thanks for saving me from spending more than needed. to get featured in New York Times. They don't need my permission to do that. Do you know anything about Mulberry Books Publishing House? Join a community of over 1 millionauthors. They probably won't: run digital ads, get your book promoted on BookBub, or market it to a captive mailing list. This is an Indian publishing house . This is my first time working towards publishing a children's book. They are a wonderful company to work with. Also, do I have to worry that they'll steal my manuscript? However, the main problem is that they are (or at least used to be) quite aggressive in their marketing to attract authors (direct tweets and emails to random authors), and hyperbolic in their marketing language (as you point out above). I left them my email. I just realized that I had been taken by cindyhill@bookthoughtspublishing. This week I was contacted by Atlantic Publishing Group and had a discussion with them. For one, their website misspells "Hollywood" more than a few times. Thank you! Beacon has a broad array of titles in fiction & non-fiction, including business, young adult, history, romance, mystery, horror, comedy, childrens, health & wellness and more. Chicago Review Press Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoirs D. X. Varos, Ltd. We publish genre-fiction in the categories of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and historical fiction. In the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, they started targeting desperate authors with a publishing package that cost exactly the same amount as that received by American citizens in their federal stimulus check. I had an excellent experience with CreateSpace, Amazons publishing service. When he complained, they didn't want to give him his money back. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Dear Jacqueline, Is the company covenant house a reputable publishing company. They want to partner with me to prepare screen play & register with Hollywood Data Base for a fee. Thank you, Martin! History Please download and complete the relevant Book Proposal Form below and return to submissions@beaconbooks.net. I went back to their website, and they had a contact option where you could email the company, but no phone number or any contacts for anyone who worked there, and while they have an address listed on their website, it also says that they're "moving offices in December 2021," so I'm guessing that's not up to date. I haven't heard of them but they seem like an outright scam. We're hearing a lot of 'book fair' offers but if you've been contacted out of the blue, then chances are they're looking to make money off of you. That said, it all depends what their publishing process is like (do they involve professional editors to review your book, pay a cover designer, etc. They mention on their website (which looks pretty poor) that their co-operative publishing deal involves them covering 75% of the cost, while the author pays for the remainder. Victoria Martin was a treasure to speak with (British). Have a great day. I know someone who just recently had a book published in with them. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE PREYED ON BY ETP. But dear God think a little tons of people will pay more for one-stop-shops. I have a self-published book that's been up on Amazon for about 6 months. I've tried Writer Beware and Alliance of Independent Authors, but neither had any information on him. Is this legit or a scam? Any feedback? (801) 349-2844. Also, is Submittable reputable? How's Covenant Books Has anyone had experience with Author Publishing house or Empire Publishing? Here's a good litmus test look up the books they've published on Amazon. I self published my first book (Create Space/Amazon) and am thinking about contracting with New Book Authors to get it into stores like Barnes & Noble. I don't plan to click on the link because I never do that if I'm not certain of where it will take me. Now, there are "assisted self-publishing companies" out there very different from vanity publishers who're great: they do take care of everything, but they let *you* self-publish the book. After viewing the results, we are happy to announce that the pilot was a resounding success! Youre not a well-known author, that kind of attitude? I received a call today saying that he's a literary agent, and my book was "recommended" to him for review. You should have rejected if straight away . However, if they do everything they say they will do, the fee is not that bad. One that's being offered is one from Beacon Publishing Group, so I emailed them to ask about it, and they said that they have a 90-day internship where they either offer college credit or a letter of recommendation. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a19515def79387a Others have asked about them in the comments as well. How would you classify Savio Republic publishing through Post Hill Press? I just got a solicitation from New Reader Magazine is this a scam company? A quick look at their website should've sent up some red flags: their homepage image is a picture of Neil Gaiman at a book signing. That is free but they want 1400 for advertising. Having had a quick look at Mascot, they seem like a fairly okay hybrid publisher. A soon add the lawsuit is over I will be creating a page dedicated to warning writers with proud of all of my claims including all of three emails to and from as well as the contract. When it comes to agents, its best to stick to vetted lists like that of the Association of Author Representatives or our directory of almost 700 literary agents across the world. Their submission page seems to indicate that authors pay no fees if the book is selected for publication, which is a good sign. Are you suspicious of a certain company? What do you know about Rushmore Press? 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