Le Mole
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I'm about to paste a message an Entangled author sent to me earlier, who is terrified of posting even anonymously on this forum. I wish I could say her story was unique but it is not. Before I press the paste button though, I would just like to add that not all publishers are bad. As has already been discussed on this thread, they all have their weaknesses and bad points (bad communication being the main sticking point), and as authors there's a lot we just have to 'suck up' and get on with. Do your research, speak to other authors in their stables (try and speak to a handful if you can from each) and then make your decisions accordingly. Agents can also be worth their weight in gold but a bad one can be detrimental - again, do your research. Whatever you do though, treat Entangled extremely warily. As another poster has already stated, they sell you the dream but the reality is a nightmare.
Here's the message:
I am going to jump in about my experience with Entangled, mostly because I wanted to speak out about it for a long time.
Entangled has been the worst experience I've ever had writing. I've have also dealt with or have known other Entangled authors deal with moving and unpredictable release dates, shoddy publicity (due to publicist turnover), unreliable editors (due to editor turnover), royalty mishaps, shameless manipulation, general disregard for authors and their hard work, openly shit talking about Entangled authors by Entangled editors at conventions, misplaced work, personal/professional/legal threats, and much more (sadly).
I am published with one of the big publishers as well, and while Entangled started off with its intentions in the right places, it quickly fell apart. We all had so much faith and stock in Entangled, and then to be told that the authors were abusing the Entangled staff and that WE were the reason why they were dropping off like flies, well, I think that is what ended up driving a lot of us away. We weren't abusing anyone; we were looking for answers.
Entangled has a lot of fences to mend. With every passing convention, more stories come out about the people up high spewing out personal information about other authors, bragging about sales numbers, and generally being unprofessional. Go ahead and ask how many agents stopped working with them all together because the organisation become so unprofessional.
I am glad someone started to speak up about Entangled. We've been scared into silence, and it shouldn't be that way. It sucks to watch so many other hopeful, hardworking authors head down the same road and not be able to say anything about it.
Be careful to where you sub. I'm sure there are plenty of authors who have had a good time with Entangled, but I'm also more than sure there are plenty out there who haven't and can't say anything for fear of retaliation.
Here's the message:
I am going to jump in about my experience with Entangled, mostly because I wanted to speak out about it for a long time.
Entangled has been the worst experience I've ever had writing. I've have also dealt with or have known other Entangled authors deal with moving and unpredictable release dates, shoddy publicity (due to publicist turnover), unreliable editors (due to editor turnover), royalty mishaps, shameless manipulation, general disregard for authors and their hard work, openly shit talking about Entangled authors by Entangled editors at conventions, misplaced work, personal/professional/legal threats, and much more (sadly).
I am published with one of the big publishers as well, and while Entangled started off with its intentions in the right places, it quickly fell apart. We all had so much faith and stock in Entangled, and then to be told that the authors were abusing the Entangled staff and that WE were the reason why they were dropping off like flies, well, I think that is what ended up driving a lot of us away. We weren't abusing anyone; we were looking for answers.
Entangled has a lot of fences to mend. With every passing convention, more stories come out about the people up high spewing out personal information about other authors, bragging about sales numbers, and generally being unprofessional. Go ahead and ask how many agents stopped working with them all together because the organisation become so unprofessional.
I am glad someone started to speak up about Entangled. We've been scared into silence, and it shouldn't be that way. It sucks to watch so many other hopeful, hardworking authors head down the same road and not be able to say anything about it.
Be careful to where you sub. I'm sure there are plenty of authors who have had a good time with Entangled, but I'm also more than sure there are plenty out there who haven't and can't say anything for fear of retaliation.