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I have a children's book that I got published through authorhouse so I could show it to my mother (the Author) just before she died so she could be proud. I found it in the attic after 40 yrs based on a true story.

She was a very well known artist. So I am now getting a $2.38 check every 2nd quarter. But I know thousands of the book has been sold.

So I contacted the printers, They were going to tell me how many they printed (Lightning Source) And then called back and Authorhouse told them not to tell me???so they wouldn't let me know. It is bad enough that they are ripping us off like this but to a dieing mother, that I was trying to make her feel proud before she went to see God.That is unbelievable.Several websites keep being sold out according to what they tell me, so it could be in the 10's of thousands easily.

please query book "Chewy The Woodchuck" at yahoo.com

Pete Vinal noannie11@***.com

Location: Washington, District Of Columbia

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As much as Author House and Xlibris are scam companies, the fact that your book is "sold out" doesn't mean they had any copies and sold them, it just means they don't have any copy. I looked at your book on Amazon and the ranking was as low as it could possibly be meaning you haven't sold any copies on Amazon, not surprising since you don't have an ebook version and Amazon sells much fewer of paperback and hard copy.

Just because the book is listed with Amazon or any other shop doesn't mean that it's sold any copies at those places.

Still these companies are a terrible scam as they lie and pretend they will sell the books when they won't.

Guest

OK FOLKS HERES AN UPDATE: CALL THIS LAWFIRM THIS IS VERY REAL.. GET IT DONE PEOPLE ASAP LETS SEND SOME PEOPLE JAIL.

IM TIRED OF GETTING RIPPED OFF LETS GO PEOPLE. YES THIS IS VERY REAL..IM THINKING ABOUT MY FELLOW AUTHORS AND NOT MYSELF CALL THE LAW OFFICE OF MR.LAMONT 973-949-****..I TO HAVE BEEN POSSIBLY RIPPED OFF OF MILLIONS..LETS GET IT DONE PEOPLE...LETS GO...LETS GO ---ITS TIME TO SEND A MESSAGE TO AUTHORHOUSE, IUNVERSE AND THE REST OF THERE CROOKED COMPANIES..WE ARE NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE!!!

YOU WONT STEAL FROM ME AGAIN..LETS GO...LETS GO ASAP PEOPLE! !

Guest

GET IN TOUCH WITH ERIC,VAUGHN,FLAM-ESQUIRE FOR A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST AUTHORHOUSE. THEY OUR OUT OF NEW YORK AND STUDYING THE CASE. IF YOU WANT IN JUST EMAIL THEM AT

EVF@***.COM

Guest

GET IN TOUCH WITH ERIC,VAUGHN,FLAM-ESQUIRE

EVF@***.COM THEY ARE OUT OF NEW YORK.

Guest

Is anyone actually starting a class action suit? I want to get involved and will start the process if no one else has.

They have given me one check for .54 and another for .78 - that doesn't even cover 2 books.

I know i have sold more than 3, too. Plus, I was told I would get getting more than $5 per book and now they are only giving me .54 cents a book.

Please - everyone email me and i'll get started on this right away!!

Guest

I have experienced similar problems with AH. In 2011 my book was in Barnes & Nobel,in India on Amazon, and e Kindle howeve, I have not recieved any royality. Yes, I would love to join a class action suit against AH.

Guest

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Guest

I am very disappointed with AH and would love to join in a class action suit there is some in-justice in it. Also not to mention they have sub there call center out to a foriegn country now there are no direct calls into the USA office or americans to speak with I also believe the smart comments that are made towards the angry authors on this site are really A.H reps or Affilates in some form...

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IF YOU HAVE PROOF THAT AUTHORHOUSE HAS BEEN RIPPING YOU OFF, CONTACT ME THROUGH MY E-MAIL. GIVE ME THE DETAILS OF YOUR CASE AND YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU.

Guest

I WAS TOLD BY SOME ONE WELL KNOWN IN THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY TO GOOGLE "AUTHORHOUSE CLASS ACTION SUIT".

MY STORY: TEN YEARS AGO I INTERVIEWED PRINT ON DEMAND PUBLISHERS TO PUBLISH MY CHILDREN'S HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL. I TURNED DOWN XLIBRIS AND IUNIVERSE. HOWEVER, I LIKED THE FAMILY OWNED POD PUBLISHER, 1STBOOKS LIBRARY. IT WAS OWNED BY TIM, CARMEN, AND JESSICA JACOBS. I WAS HAPPY AND RECEIVED FAIRLY GOOD ROYALTIES AFTER MY BOOK WAS PUBLISHED. SO, I SUBMITTED A SECOND HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL. BUT HALF WAY THROUGH THE PUBLISHING PROCESS MANY MISTAKES WERE MADE. I SUSPECTED THE JACOBS HAD SOLD THE COMPANY. I FOUND ABOUT THE TIME I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE COMPANY THE JACOBS HAD SOLD IT TO A GROUP OF INVESTORS.

THEN ONE OR TWO QUARTERS AFTER MY BOOK WAS PUBLISHED, MY ROYALTY STATEMENTS PLUNGED. I DID A THIRD BOOK WITH THE NEWLY NAMED "AUTHORHOUSE" AND WORSE MISTAKES WERE MADE. FOR SEVERAL YEARS I KEPT TRACK OF MY ROYALTY PAYMENTS. I FELT IT STRANGE THAT MY BOOKS SEEMED TO SELL POORLY, BUT IN THE SAME RANGE QUARTER AFTER QUARTER. WHEN I GOOGLED MY NAME I FOUND PAGES OF MY BOOKS LISTED WITH BOOK STORES IN ALL CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD.

WELL, I WAS TOLD A FEW DAYS AGO BY A DISGRUNTLED AUTHORHOUSE FORMER EMPLOYEE THAT HE HAD QUIT HIS JOB DUE TO UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES. I TOLD HIM I THOUGHT ALL THREE OF MY BOOKS HAD BEEN PIRATED.

THEN LAST WEEK I GOOGLED MY NAME AND FOUND ABOUT THIRTY FIVE PAGES OF THOUSANDS OF BOOKSTORES LISTING ALL THREE OF MY BOOKS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT MY BOOKS THE PAST FIVE YEARS, BUT NOW I KNOW THAT AUTHORHOUSE IS ONE HUGE SCAM. I NEVER BOUGHT ANY PROMOTIONAL DEALS WITH THEM. MY BOOKS WERE REVIEWED IN SEVERAL PRINT MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS. I ESPECIALLY WAS SHOCKED WHEN AN ARTICLE WITH PHOTO OF MYSELF WAS IN "THE STARS AND STRIPES" NEWSPAPER THAT IS CARRIED IN OVER A HUNDRED MILITARY BASES OVERSEAS. I USED TO BE A TEACHER AT SOME OF THOSE BASES. MY ROYALTY STATEMENTS FOLLOWING THAT EXCELLENT REVIEW WERE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THEY HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY.

NOW IT'S TIME TO FIND A GOOD HONEST ATTORNEY AND GO AFTER AUTHORHOUSE FOR WHATEVER MONEY IS OWED TO US AUTHORS. MY EX AUTHORHOUSE EMPLOYEE FRIEND SAID HE HEARD THAT AUTHORHOUSE'S FILES HAD BEEN STOLEN. AND I REMEMBER THEY DID NOT RETURN THE PHOTOS IN MY LAST BOOK, BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN STOLEN. EACH BOOK HAS PHOTOS.

DOES ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN A CLASS ACTION SUIT KNOW AN ATTORNEY WHO WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE THIS CASE? E MAIL ME AT KSophiedog@***.com. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO COMMUNICATING WITH YOU. K.J. MCWILLIAMS GOOGLE ME AND GOOGLE YOURSELVES.

Guest

count me in for sure, I have had with these imbeciles.

Guest

count me in for sure, I have had with these imbeciles.

Guest

i don't understand. Isn't it that authorhouse does POD. So basically, your book could not be sold out.

Plus if you're really dissatisfied with authorhouse, then why won't you pull out your book from them and perhaps submit them to traditional publishing houses

I also checked your book through BN, Google and Amazon. I was only able to see your book through Amazon though

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #3,443,789 in Books

Guest

We are in.

Guest

$3,000.00 pays for a poorly edited book and a half a million e-mail ad that so far has sold nothing. I purchased an e- reader copy (does not play well for SONY) and 2 of my friends purchased a paper back.

Total royalties should have been $3.30, I have the check for $1.65 exactly half.

If they are ripping off a small account like mine what are they doing with the bigger ones? An accounting audit is warrented.

Guest

Yes I am another one who was taken by AH also..my book that was so called published by AH (not done yet) trying to soak up more money...This a child book..and very special by those that have seen the proofs of the book before in the hands of AH......Now I am experiencing the problems of all who were taken by this publisher..and yes I will join the class action suit

Guest

I wish to join in the effect in a class action suit against Authorhouse.

Guest

i'm in, they owe me a ton, and my book is in other languages somehow...and i got no check.

Guest

I had to change my number so AUTHOR HOUSE employees would quit calling me every 5 minutes asking if I wanted to advertize my book with them. I said why, so you can get more money?

I don't make a dime off of the book, but they want me to advertize? They will stop at NOTHING to get more money from you. One girl called me THREE times in 15 minutes in one day trying to convince me to advertise. I kept hanging up on her, and she kept calling me back.

I told her if she called me back again I'd call my lawyer. She didn't call back.

A H. also stands for *** Hole.

That's what everyone at Author House is. Don't listen to them when one gets on here and tells you to e-mail them. I did that, and he did NOTHING but sic a lawyer on me. I have the letter in my hand what the lawyer said.

The author House employees are trained to handle unhappy customers. They turn the blame around on you, that's what they do. They make it out to be YOUR fault.

They are all full of it and well versed in what to say for any situation. They are puppets.

Guest

I know Author House is KEEPING all the royalties. They know how to legally do this and get by with it.

They know how to beat the system. That's why they are growing. The BBB and attorney general won't go up agaisnt them.

No one can do one thing about it, and Author House knows it! They laugh all the way to the bank daily!

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