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Banned
Eh, doesn't take much to hit ctrl-c, ctrl-v, then the spell check.
Are you suggesting, kind sir, that PA doesn't really edit?
Eh, doesn't take much to hit ctrl-c, ctrl-v, then the spell check.
A publisher is expected to pay more for quality writing. To the author. Usually more than $1, too."Hey, fellow PA family--is anyone else concerned about PA books being higher priced than the ones in the stores? I'm sure people will pay extra for quality writing, but my 200 page book is 24.95, and the same length at the store is only 13.95. That's the retail price. They're even cheaper on Amazon. Any thoughts?"
Are you suggesting, kind sir, that PA doesn't really edit?
Compare the list above and then ask what PA has done for you today . . .
Note, the writers are not at all responsible for marketing the book. Not one author in the book is out hawking the book with a website and/or a lollipop tree. The publisher handled all press, reviews, publicity and sending out review copies. Neither of these books are available in mainstream bookstores, just a few niche marketers and on-line.
Someone said agents don't want writers blogging???
It's all part of the "stay with PA, don't try for anything better" approach.
Someone said agents don't want writers blogging???
What about all the agents who blog themselves--including my own?
EVERY writer I know has a blog. They help sell books.
'Nuff said.
Someone said agents don't want writers blogging???
What about all the agents who blog themselves--including my own?
EVERY writer I know has a blog. They help sell books.
'Nuff said.
I got my PA royalty email today, and I'm happy to say that I still have a perfect record--I still have not sold (or bought) a single book. That means that neither I nor my loved ones have been ripped off by PA's ridiculous prices, and that PA has not made a single penny off of me. The royalty email will be posted on my web site within a few days, along with the others. <Sniff> I'm so proud.
FACT #3: Again, unparalleled among all traditional book publishing companies, each day an average 15 times a PublishAmerica author appears in the news media, in newspapers, magazines, radio or TV. The authors of this book publishing company have been interviewed, reviewed or introduced in literally thousands of newspapers across the country, from the Washington Post to the Clackamas County News, from the Kingwood Observer to the Los Angeles Times to Women's World Magazine. They have made appearances on local TV, and on national ABC, CNN, MSNBC and FOX TV. They also have been interviewed by radio shows hosts such as Rush Limbaugh, Don Imus, Diane Rehm, and Oliver North.
From PA's Facts and Figures page (bolding mine):
At first glance an average of 15 publicity spots a day sounds like a lot. Then I did the math. I multiplied that 15 average times 365 days per year. 5,475 was the total. 5,475 of the 35,000 "happy authors" receive some kind of publicity in the course of one year. What about the 29,525 other PA authors? And the question begs to be asked, who arranged all this publicity? My bet is on the author, not PA. So why does PA take the credit?
That might include obituaries, crime reports (loitering in front of retail outlets? littering by dropping bookmarks?), and so on.. . . an average of 15 publicity spots a day sounds like a lot. . . .
That might include obituaries, crime reports (loitering in front of retail outlets? littering by dropping bookmarks?), and so on.
--Ken