One thing to keep in mind is that PA doesn't like to see more sites blossom revealing the real truth about PA because it increases the odds that a newby will avoid PA.
I blogged about PA today.
One thing to keep in mind is that PA doesn't like to see more sites blossom revealing the real truth about PA because it increases the odds that a newby will avoid PA.
Oh, dear. Does that mean they won't appreciate the last page of my website?
http://www.loreleiarmstrong.com/EIGHT.html
I don't believe it, but then again I'm only an unknown...Get Your Book Published
Avoid stigma of paying a publisher! We want your book, not your money
www.publishamerica.com
Here's something interesting:
http://www.absolutewrite.com/freelance_writing/freelance_writing1.htm
Looks like there's an ad for a PA book right here on AW, Nadia Brown's Unscrambled Eggs.
I've added "The Truth About PublishAmerica" to my web site, christianityforthinkers.com, and have provided links to many of the relevant documents from my own experience with PA that show how PA really operates, including the many solicitations they've sent me during the past 9 months, inviting me to buy my own book. I also posted a letter I sent them today, telling them to stop soliciting me and asking them what they are trying to do to sell my book to the public. (Nothing, I'm sure.) I'll also post the reply, if or when I get one.
Hmmm. Interesting that they are initiating that sort of offer now. I knew that they would respond to a straightforward cash buyout of the contract.. . .Yesterday they offered to terminate my contract if I would pay them $300. . . .
... Yesterday they offered to terminate my contract if I would pay them $300. (I declined.) ...
I think you are correct.They're suggesting a $300 buyout? That makes me think that my guess that they spend no more than $300 on a book (including editors' salaries) to be pretty accurate.
I'm continuously updating the web page (located at my web site, christianityforthinkers.com) as PA and I exchange verbal barbs, and will update some more tonight or tomorrow with the latest. PA and I have exchanged several emails the past couple of days, and I am posting copies of them on the web page. As you can see, their emails are very evasive concerning my requests for information about pricing/marketing, and they repeatedly ignored my request that they stop sending me email solicitations to buy my own book. Yesterday they offered to terminate my contract if I would pay them $300. (I declined.) I tried to post a message on their "Testimonials" page, but doubt that it will actually be posted. I plan to send out an email to virtually everyone in my address book to warn them about PA, with a link to the web page. Any other suggestions?
I'm continuously updating the web page (located at my web site, christianityforthinkers.com) as PA and I exchange verbal barbs, and will update some more tonight or tomorrow with the latest. PA and I have exchanged several emails the past couple of days, and I am posting copies of them on the web page. As you can see, their emails are very evasive concerning my requests for information about pricing/marketing, and they repeatedly ignored my request that they stop sending me email solicitations to buy my own book. Yesterday they offered to terminate my contract if I would pay them $300. (I declined.) I tried to post a message on their "Testimonials" page, but doubt that it will actually be posted. I plan to send out an email to virtually everyone in my address book to warn them about PA, with a link to the web page. Any other suggestions?