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Authorhouse is definiteiy a scam. I do believe it is time that government agencies take a good look at Authorhouse and the publish on demand industry as a whole. If anyone believes they have a legitimate case. I suggent that you contact your elected representatives and every state and federal agency you can think of. Consumer protection, even the Internal Revenue. Let's face it. There's not one government agency who gives a hoot about us. But if we can approach this scam from the standpoint of the IRS losing tax dollars. Then maybe, just maybe, they will take action". I have written off my book and my loss/. If we together can stop Author-house and other self publishing companies like them from bilking others, then we will have at least achieved some level of justice?. Alone we can never hope to receive results!. But together, we can be a force for change,. Because there's millions of dollars involved here,. I'm sure the IRS would be interested'. It only takes a few minutes of your time to drop these agencies an e-mail'. And the satisfaction you received will be more than worth the time. 128d128  Comments (294) |
1. Written by daron hogg on May 3, 2012 from crawley, england, UK  i got my book published by author house last aug 2011 .. it cost me about £600.oo , ok its available to buy all over the world and its doing quite well {e.mails from people who i have never met , due to the fact my book is about an old story which made international headlines} and the fact its about me pretending to be boy george in the south of france in 1983 ... so people find that interesting , ive been on many tv shows plugging the book and about 6 radio stations , also ive been in many magazines in the uk about my book ... but .... i got £23.00 for the first quarter and about £14.00 for the second , i asked a.h home many books id sold TONIGHT {from the start } and she told me 8 yes 8 . well i dont know where they got that from ive bought 20 from amazon , and i know that just my friends about 80 have bought the book , {ive signed about 30 } ... oooh well thought id let you know .. much love daron hogg .. ooh ps , my books called lost in france xxxx |
| 2. Written by Alinka Zyrmont on April 30, 2012 from scottsdale, arizona, US My lawyer told me I had a good case against Authorhouse for giving Google my entire book so that readers could download for free. When I protested, they refused to remove the entire book from the web. Who is going to pay an author royalties if they can read the book for free on the web. I wrote about this on my website years ago: www.alinkazyrmont.com Also, I wrote a complaint to England. Anyone interested in joining me, I will organize a class-action lawsuit. Please drop me a note on my site. Alinka Zyrmont |
| 3. Written by Alinka Zyrmont on April 30, 2012 from scottsdale, arizona, US My lawyer told me I had a good case against Authorhouse for giving Google my entire book so that readers could download for free. When I protested, they refused to remove the entire book from the web. Who is going to pay an author royalties if they can read the book for free on the web. I wrote about this on my website years ago: www.alinkazyrmont.com Also, I wrote a complaint to England. Anyone interested in joining me, I will organize a class-action lawsuit. Please drop me a note on my site. Alinka Zyrmont |
| 4. Written by girlgenius on April 19, 2012 from chicago, illinois, US i wish i had check out authorhouse!!!!!once they have your money, that's it!! they don't answer the phone, print up books with mistakes and don't tell you the editoring is not included, then sell you books you can't sale to anyone. authorhouse's authorcenter is always under constuction so you can never check up on how many books you've sold. So far i've spent $5000.00 dollars, paid for 2 retexts and a resubmission for a bad published book with mistakes. i have books i can't sell for the mistakes and have been waiting for the resubmisssion for months. AUTHORS BEWARE, THIS PUBLISHING HOUSE IS A RIP OFF AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT, BUT EAT THE LOSS!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 5. Written by roger r ryan on April 17, 2012 from las vegas, nevada, US as an authorhouse client i am bitterly disappointed with them. their home page advertises some 70,000 books published truth is maybe 2 have been made into movies. they sell fantasy, federal regulators should look into them . all they try to do is to sell struggling authors more and more services while no royalty checks come in sad,. there should be a warning on their home page,like on a pack of cigarettes to struggling potential authors that authorhouse guarantees no success,no royalties, they wont of course do that because they sell fantasy, they said to me today like using a crutch well it could take years, well put that info on authorhouses homepage as well federal regulators should look into them.a warning like the warning on cigarettes should be placed on the authorhouse web page AT YOUR OWN RISK. i am very saddened and bitter i a out ten thousand dollars here . authorhouse made a fool out of me and took my time energy effort holistic energy and 10k . caveat pre emptor buyer of shady so called publishing services beware |
| 6. Written by linda hamlett childress on April 17, 2012 from wapello, iowa, US I have self published 2 x with authorhoise with over 20000 copies sold to date. You have to know what services to use and which to pass and do on your own. |
| 7. Written by Alyndia Oakwood on April 9, 2012 from -, -, UK So glad I decided to check Authorhouse out online! Ah well, back to hunting for an agent  |
| 8. Written by Thanks for the advice guys on April 5, 2012 from mt. laurel, new jersey, US I was about to publish with AH but after reading all these comments, I'm going back to where I published before. Good Luck to you all. |
| 9. Written by jojo on April 1, 2012 from -, -, PH no problem with publishing,but stay away from their marketing....  |
| 10. Written by paula on March 19, 2012 from -, -, US I've published a book with authorhouse in 2008. I see my book being sold on amazon, e-bay and other companies all over the world. They stated how many they have available. They stated that they could also gift wrap. I received a check from author house for $9.00 last week on my book. My total royalties since 2008 is about $212.00 but my book is selling quite well. |
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