[M.R.J. Le Blanc]

Originally Posted by SMG-AEG

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to say that I am one of the people trying to actually make a living with AEG.
Because of these kinds of things... blogs and sites, that put out a bad word for the company, it does affect ME getting paid.

I usually have to wait and wait and wait until they finally have enough money to pay me. (could be weeks to months)
Usually they do not have enough money to pay all their employees at once, so some have to wait longer than others to get paid.

If you're not being paid in a timely manner, that's a sign your company is having a hard time running itself. It has nothing to do with what people are saying about it. I can't count on five pairs of hands how many people absolutely hate Microsoft, yet I don't see that company struggling. I don't hear about their employees not getting paid on time because people say bad things about the company. Issues like timely payment is a sign of trouble within the company, not outside it. Seriously, you have a right to be paid on time, and your employer has an obligation to do so. By not doing so, I'd be complaining and taking the issue to whoever I could because it's unacceptable.

Originally Posted by SMG-AEG

I want you to all know that AEG does take alot of authors on that no other publishing company would... and most publishing companies DO make you buy so many copies.

Uh, no. The percentage of authors who buy copies of their own books from their publisher is MUCH smaller than those who don't. And the majority of those who do tend to be with vanity publishers. Good publishers limit the number of authors they take on for a good reason - so they can focus all their resources on selling those authors. They know their limits and abide by them. Publishers who brag about how they take on more authors than commercial publishers are either scammers or inexperienced, and neither is going to serve an author well.

Originally Posted by SMG-AEG

My main point: I am trying to makea living and people like you bad mouthing the company does not help in any way. Even tho I dont even know my boss's real last name....

People are always going to badmouth companies. The ones doing nothing wrong can withstand the scrutiny because there's nothing really there to be scrutinized. Any company who does flounder under scrutiny usually has a reason that is not because someone's speaking negatively about them, but why they're speaking negatively about them. Though I find it strange you don't even know your boss' last name...

Originally Posted by SMG-AEG

Im honestly sick of the company, but I'm also sick of people like you postin blogs up insulting the company. It costs the people like me, who are trying to earn an honest living, money, because now they get less clients. You people know nothing about book publishing and you should keep your nose where it belongs.

Ah, the greatest display of ignorance. People are badmouthing so they must know nothing. For your information, over half the posters here are published authors, and many have multiple sales. Though some may use screennames, those like Victoria, Dave and James do not and you can verify their experience easily. There are also agents who frequent this board who make legitimate sales, and publishers who are doing quite well. So if anyone right now knows nothing about publishing, I'm sorry to say but it's you. Because if Strategic were a good legitimate publisher they wouldn't have issues like paying you or keeping themselves afloat. Put the blame where it belongs - on the people running the company you work for.