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Hi Lisa, It's good to have you here. I was also sent an amendment contract and did not sign it. I sent them a letter stating pretty much the same thing and got the "we grant you" speech. It used to be "Don't Take That Tone With US" and "You Will Apologize". For some reason they are taking a different Tone and it could be that we pointed that out so much on this board. My concerns are that they have some how amended my contract themselves without my knowledge because they act like I did sign it. They are suddenly "granting permission" as stated in contract. Bull Crap! I don't need their permission and if they have changed my contract then they are looking at a heavy lawsuit. Glad to see your spunk. You and I will get a long goodLisa Maliga said:Hello folks,
In my quest to get my book's rights returned to me, I sent them a letter via certified mail on April 7th. [It was received 4/11/05 by Jessica Lewis] I wrote:
As for your request, in the spirit of the conditions described in the amendment that you received, we hereby grant you permission to make your book available free of charge as you have requested.
Thank you,
Author Support Team
[email protected]
And I sent them this:
I have not signed an amendment, nor did I sign the agreement that was sent to me back in March.
The only thing I will sign is a full release of my book's rights back to me, the rightful owner.
My book will be available on my site, and through thousands of online links. So your unsavory company will not profit one iota from my book.
Does anyone have any comments/opinions about this matter?
Thanks!
Little Missy, I'm glad to see your feeling better. I missed you yesterday! I didn't miss yesterday, could have done without yesterday, but I missed youSher2 said:Oh! Was one of them a shiny-domed Dutch gnome? I had some fever dreams last night and I'm pretty sure I saw that motley crew.
James D. Macdonald said:In that same book, the town of Itoman (a place on Okinawa important to the action -- the book is a nonfiction account of the WWII Battle of Okinawa) was consistently spelled AUTOIMMUNE (yes, all caps). How did that happen if it wasn't through editing by spellchecker?
MsRasputina said:Forgive me for butting in, but I just had to delurk for a sec ... was the book actually printed and sold like that!? That's horrible.
As long as I'm here, anybody wanna be on a reality show for authors?
http://www.publishamerica.com/cgi-bin/pamessageboard/data/lounge/8800.htm
(Check out the bookmillionaire.com link in the first post.)
Gratian Gasparri said:They don't know better. This happened to several of my friends who are better writers than I am. In fact, I would be more than happy to recommend their work to my publisher. Unfortunately, their work is tied up with PA for the next seven years. Which is why I, despite not being as good a writer, have sold more copies of my books than PA's top author.
Sadly, this is one of those big myths promoted by PA. Editors don't take the cookie cutter approach to manuscripts, rather they tailor it so that you are presentable to an audience. In other words, they make it the best darn book possible.
Among the published authors on this board, I'm the low person on the totem pole. I just signed a contract with a four figure advance (six if you count the two figures after the decimal point). Has PA paid you a sufficient advance to cover the postage necessary to send them a signed copy of the contract?
In short, if your book is as good as you claim, then you should be giving it the chance it deserves. This can only come from a commercial publisher.
MartyKay said:On Lee Goldberg's Blog, there is this nice post (from a couple of days ago):
http://leegoldberg.typepad.com/a_writers_life/2005/04/bancroft_press_.html
that has a lovely list of Vanity Presses and Approach With Caution publishers...
Guess who's number three on the Vanity Press list?
Thank you, Mem. Feelin' much better thanks to all the virtual stuff y'all sent out yesterday. I'm not subjecting myself to a repeat of yesterday, though -- that would be too, too much punishment.T42 said:Little Missy, I'm glad to see your feeling better. I missed you yesterday! I didn't miss yesterday, could have done without yesterday, but I missed you
So, where are they holding auditions?Richard said:That is quite probably the dullest sounding reality show I've ever heard. I would not make gripping viewing.
"HE'S SITTING ON HIS *** POSTING ON FORUMS INSTEAD OF DOING THE WRITING HE SPENT THE WHOLE DAY SWEARING TO DO! NO, WAIT....HE'S LOADING UP WORD...LOADING....LOADING AND-OH THE EXCITEMENT!"
"Jeremy, if you look at the clock, you'll see-"
"We'll be back after he's finished watching Dead Like Me. Folks, we're sorry. We didn't think this through. So sorry. Really. Great commercials coming right up."
gena140 said:I never referred to anyone as Superfriends so why am I being quoted in this post?
Sher2 said:So, where are they holding auditions?
You and others will complete a series of tasks which pertain to book promotion and living the lifestyle of a best selling author. You will not need to have your own book finished for the filming. Rather, we will use prominent company products and currently published books for the tasks.
Sean, I'm sorry but why are we still bringing up her post? Yesterday was enough. Haven't we given her enough time? If she wants to talk about why Pa doesn't work for their authors then I would be willing to talk but please...enough is enough...SeanDSchaffer said:Gena, I wouldn't take it too harshly. Misunderstandings like that always pop up on the Net. It's just the way things work in the public domain.
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Richard said:Randomly, check the other links on that Book Millionaire site. I smell rats. With up-sell products on hand.
This is quite amusing though:
*cough* SHILL *cough*
Richard said:Randomly, check the other links on that Book Millionaire site. I smell rats. With up-sell products on hand.
gena140 said:I never referred to anyone as Superfriends so why am I being quoted in this post?
Yeah, BUT what IF....we could all be stars, we could be rich and famous, we could be on PA's front page, right next to Jamie who?Susan Gable said:Uh, huh. If the book isn't finished, how do they even know the author can finish a book? Also, a lot of the pages were the same. Looks like they're just trying this "interesting marketing concept" to get people sucked into their services.
Susan G.
Richard said:That is quite probably the dullest sounding reality show I've ever heard. I would not make gripping viewing.
Jeff thank you and I don't mean to be upset with anyone here. In fact, I'm not upset with anyone here. I am just very passionate about my views on PA and I suppose it is because I allowed myself to be taken by them and it makes me very angry at myself sometimes. I just felt like I could have gone to the PA threads to hear all of that yesterday. Forgive my inpatients! Heck for that matter, forgive my writing...it stinks!Jeff said:Mem, I hear what you are saying, and I sympathize with your aggravation.