Authorhouse

Do not use this company! This company uses its name to pose as another famous book publisher - Penguin Random House.

This company does not have experience in selling books.

I have just been scammed by them. I stupidly read the bad reviews after I paid them. I thought I recognized the name. I immediately asked for a refund before they started any work.

This was 2 weeks ago and I still have no money in my account. They promise they have refunded me and are sending me fake refund transaction screenshots.

To try and get me to believe they published best sellers online, they sent me a listing of great books published by the real - Penguin Authors House.

They tried to tell me that they were under the same umbrella as them when I caught them out. They are most definitely not.

Don't be fooled like me.

So, I give it a two. The people are respectful, but I dont trust them.

They tried deceptive business with me. I dont understand why I had to pay a little over $1,000 for my work. The company said that I sold eighteen books. Is it going to be eighteen books forever?

I think that I wasted my money on Author House. I remember reading a company worker writing to an author, Why did you wait until you were on your death bed? Thats nasty. Truly, I would never use them again.

I used a free publishing company for the second one. I dont trust nasty and rude people as being honest. I hope that when I get my book back that I loaned to someone, I get honest answers.

I would not be surprised if they get 100% royalties for many books that I wrote. Its just that what I read about Author House makes me think they will lie to me.

My book was recently placed as one of the best in its class by Book Authority and yet my royalties are 12 cents per book sold and my last royalty check was for 24 cents! I am down 90% of the money paid to Authorhouse, sold only about 200 books in over a decade and yet my book is so highly rated online and ranked highly on two major sites.

How can this be possible? I found a way to get back so that was fine, but I warn anyone considering self-publishing with Authorhouse to not do so. I thought this was a legitimate company but it is not. Penguin Random House bought Author Solutions (parent company) and then booted them out (check online for this story).

I had planned to do a big marketing campaign with them but will not do so. Maybe that's their strategy, withhold legitimate royalties and contact you to say if only you marketed it with them you could be the greatest author?

LOL but not LOR (royalties). Avoid.

I want to update my contact information and want to know of any outstanding royalty checks for me as I have not been bothered to make inquiries up until now that a friend of mine check up for the novel online and asked that I prove am the author if the novel as per the different names I used to published the novel from my actual name. I was given the logging but that was about 8 years ago while in Amsterdam and a lot have changed in my life I have lost lots of useful information that I didn't save. I want to update my information now and it will never change again save natural disasters like death do us path, my address could change and phone numbers because I move around different countries but my email will never change as it's been verified with google ezvozlishtraa@***.com

Hello

My name is Dror Rofe.

In November 2021, I contacted Ms. Kelly Allison for book writing.

Ms.

Allison sold me on the premium package. At that time, I

paid in full $7500.

I believe the order number is 90805****.

I had some trouble coming up with a manuscript due to personal problems.

I recently sent several emails to Ms. Allison to inform her that I am ready with my manuscript. I was hoping she would direct me to whom I should be working.

Unfortunately, Ms. Allison did not reply to my emails. In addition, I called and left a message with the operator several times yesterday and on her answering machine.

Ms.

Allison ignores all my attempts to reach her.

I feel misled and wish to be refunded my money to go somewhere else and publish my book.

Please respect my wish and process my refund as soon as possible.

Thank you, D. Rofe

They were very quick to get the money off me.

My book was published, and I am happy with this.

I paid £1500 to market the book and they have done nothing at all.

I told them to market in US Amazon, but they sponsored the book in USA Amazon.

They have not paid me any royalties - they just say 'check your account'.

I haven't made any money on the book but have spent £4000 .

I am very disappointed with this publishing shark scam company.

I have many other books to publish - so they have been very short-sighted .

If they were trustworthy and followed their promises , I would have given them my 5 books and also my son is a writer, and they would have published his book as well.