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A Warning for authors submitting to Crimson Romance (F+W Media imprint)
A number of authors I speak with every day online have been afraid to post to this forum because they are afraid of damaging their public reputations.
I decided to come on to post a warning to authors regarding Crimson Romance. Please know that both RWA and WriterBeware are investigating practices at Crimson.
These concern the subscription service. Authors earn about fifty cents per month per titles. Non payment - royalty statements were not sent to many authors, many had difficulty collecting payment, and many sales were 'inadvertently' left off of the statements.
Also from an author standpoint, F+W's policy is that romance novels only get one edit. Other imprints/genres appear to have full edits.
Please know that for most authors sales have been paltry. Many who shared their royalty statements in private forums have not sold more than thirty copies. Check the sales rankings for the books. Buy and read one or two before you decide to submit.
I also draw your attention to the following post on DearAuthor that should give writers who are considering submissions to Crimson pause: http://dearauthor.com/news/thursday-news-4/#comment-545238
If you have any questions, please send me a private message and I will try to answer.
A number of authors I speak with every day online have been afraid to post to this forum because they are afraid of damaging their public reputations.
I decided to come on to post a warning to authors regarding Crimson Romance. Please know that both RWA and WriterBeware are investigating practices at Crimson.
These concern the subscription service. Authors earn about fifty cents per month per titles. Non payment - royalty statements were not sent to many authors, many had difficulty collecting payment, and many sales were 'inadvertently' left off of the statements.
Also from an author standpoint, F+W's policy is that romance novels only get one edit. Other imprints/genres appear to have full edits.
Please know that for most authors sales have been paltry. Many who shared their royalty statements in private forums have not sold more than thirty copies. Check the sales rankings for the books. Buy and read one or two before you decide to submit.
I also draw your attention to the following post on DearAuthor that should give writers who are considering submissions to Crimson pause: http://dearauthor.com/news/thursday-news-4/#comment-545238
If you have any questions, please send me a private message and I will try to answer.