Publish America-yeah we're back to that again. Please Read!

We have established that Publish America LLC. of Franklin,Maryland is not only an author mill but a predator as well. Short of selling your soul to the devil or stealing your first born to give to Rumplestilskin, there aren't too many lows to which they will not go in order to suck the ever living life out of your hard work and dreams. I wonder how my favorite painters, Dali and Degas would have felt if the places where they pitched their paintings to would have said, "We'll only sell your artwork if you let us bastardize your reputation and rob what coin you have in your pockets." That is exactly what Publish America has done to all of us writers and authors. When I wrote my book and submitted it to them and signed their contract, I wasn't motivated by royalties, I was more motivated that I had written a book, a story that people would enjoy reading and be known for my accomplishments. It is no different than a person who becomes a doctor who studies and wants to have a reputation as a good doctor or surgeon. It's no different than anyone who wants to be successful at something-anything. I have begged for my contract to be closed and I have written and called Maryland's State Attorney General's office as well as the BBB of Maryland to no avail. They stay just on the edge of where they're within the law. Publish America is a very good example of "Let the Buyer Beware!" They are worse than a shoddy used car salesman! The latest farce is that they promised for just $49, that not only will your book be given to world famous author, J.K. Rowling, but you will also be represented in the Edinborough Book Fair. If you buy X amount of your books(and if you check http://www.publishamerica.com, you'll find out soft cover books are horribly over priced-mine in soft cover is $35.99) you can also be represented at the Frankfort Book Fair in Germany. For a nominal fee Costco, Wal-Mart, and Sam's Club's book buyers will be contacted to carry your book. For one, a publisher should want to get their writers as much exposure as possible and wouldn't ask writers to pay fees to get their books promoted. When you contact Publish America they send out condescending tone letters. I've had my fair share of them and I'm sick of them really. So I want each of you who see and read this to get the word out on your blogs,websites, Twitter, and other social networks to get the word out that Publish America LLC of Franklin, MD is a fraud and a parasite. Perhaps if no one feeds into their scams, someone's dream and pocket book won't be taken advantage of like so many others, including me. If we can stop people from signing contracts with Publish America then we can keep them from making money. If you are a Publish America author-save your E-mails. Any offer they make is false-no celebrity nor author who is already a well known published writer such as Nora Roberts, James Patterson, J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, or etc., is going to read or endorse your book! They are under agreements and contracts with their own publishing houses as well as they're busy-they don't have the time to read books when they have their writing and scores of fans. Why would a publishing house like Random or Little Brown want their authors like Stephanie Meyer and Dan Brown(Davinci Code series)want their authors reading for another lesser known publishing house like Publish America who hasn't had one author make it into the big time? I know on their site they have a woman whose book was made into a movie for the Hallmark Channel-which if you do a little digging-the Hallmark Channel and Lifetime Networks have never heard of the woman or her book. My advice is when you write something, go through the proper channels. All great authors had to pay their dues and had to face rejection and had to fine tune their books.Do your research and really really do your homework on a publisher. Join author blogs and ask questions. Visit places like:Author's Den, Absolute Write, and Writer's Beware. If you're on social networks, look up your favorite author and ask questions-you may not get a quick response but most of them will answer questions when they can. I wish I had done that but I was green and naieve. DO NOT SIGN WITH PUBLISH AMERICA AND IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AND ARE IN THE SPOT I AM IN, LET'S STAND UP TOGETHER-THERE IS STRENGH IN NUMBERS! DO NOT BUY INTO THEIR HYPE AND OFFERS!

Publish America: The True Story of American FRAUD

My PA peeps-you already know what I'm going to jump into here. The latest mailers from my publisher have been: YOU AND HARRY POTTER, YOUR BOOK HITTING TARGET STORES, and my favorite...YOUR BOOK FINALLY HITTING BOOKSTANDS IN GERMANY AND JAPAN.

Sounds gravy, doesn't it? Well if you read these mailers they basically all say they will do little of nothing to make good on their fraud-tastic mailers if we(the authors) pay a fee. If you want your book in Spanish,French, German...they'll do it for a fee. Now if this is a pay on demand(which means you pay and they get your book printed up and shipped out) why would we have to pay extra for a translation? Why would we have to pay extra for our books being made into E-formats? Why should WE HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING TO THESE PUBLISHERS? Why since none of us have been buying into these offers and no one is buying our books because of Publish America's overpriced cover price-then why wouldn't they want to let us out of our contracts since we're not making money? My guess is they feel we'll crack. We'll starve ourselves and our families just to buy into one of their offers that aren't going to yield any results at all. What I do wish is that I had the money myself to go to one of these book conventions just to see the "love" for Publish America. I mean they say they are there for us if we want to secure a space or buy x amount of copies of our own books to sell to vendors all over the world-I'm thinking that they must have one of the biggest booths at these events. Heck I even bet they got some politician kissing babies seeing as the State of Maryland can't seem to find anything wrong with the way they are conducting buisness. I bet they even have the sponsorship of the Slick Willy Attorney Services that hands out pencils and post it notes. They probably even go as far to have someone wearing a Nora Roberts Mask to wave at people as they walk on by. I mean didn't they promise that if we paid x amount of money that Nora Roberts as well as John Grisham would endorse our books? The mighty James Cameron's film company would be sent a manuscript of our books to make into movies? I mean what's Avatar compared to our books anyhow, for Publish America, I'm sure James Cameron would be willing to drop Avatar in a heartbeat! If you're buyin what they're sellin, then let me show you some swamp property.

WE ALL DREAM OF PARIS....ATTENTION PUBLISH AMERICA AUTHORS/VICTIMS

ONE AGAIN PUBLISH AMERICA OF FREDRICK,MARYLAND, HAS SENT OUT THE MASS EMAILS ABOUT IF YOU ONLY PURCHASE COPIES OF YOUR OWN BOOK, THEN PA WILL REPRESENT YOU AT THE PARIS BOOK FAIR. YOUR BOOK WILL BE NEXT TO JAMES PATTERSON,NORA ROBERTS, AND THE LIKE. OKAY FOR ONE-THIS IS A SHAM! IF YOU GO TO THE PARIS BOOK FAIR SITE: http://www.biztradeshows.com/trade-events/paris-book-fair.html and http://www.salondulivreparis.com/site/FR/Partenaires,C1397,I1405.htm?KM_Session=ff1041c9ef8e210b9be8032249f4d09e

YOU WILL FIND PUBLISH AMERICA IS NOT ON THE LIST OF VENDORS. PATTERSON,JOHN GRISHAM,NORA ROBERTS, ETC. ARE NOT GOING TO BE THERE FOR THEM TO PUSH YOUR BOOK TO THEM NOR ARE THE CONTRACTED TO ENDORSE ANYONE'S BOOKS! WHY ON EARTH THESE AUTHORS HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THEIR NAMES BEING USED SO FICTIOUSLY-IS BEYOND ME! ANYHOW DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM! THEY ARE NOT EVEN GOING TO BE IN PARIS! THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR THEM TO MAKE YOU THINK THEY'RE REPRESENTING YOU AND MARKETING YOUR BOOK(YEAH THEY MARKET YOUR BOOK TO YOU NOT ANYONE ELSE) OVER SEAS AND IT'S JUST NOT TRUE! A 15.99 DOLLAR INTERNATIONAL PHONE CARD AND THE NUMBER TO THE OFFICIAL HOME OF THE SALON DU LIVRE WILL CONFIRM THAT! HENRI LONTINGE(I THINK THAT IS HOW THE MAN'S NAME IS SPELLED) IS THE AQUISITIONS AND WORKS FOR THE SALON DU LIVRE AND HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF PUBLISH AMERICA. MOST OF THE BOOKS AND MAGAZINES THEY WILL BE PROMOTING ARE FOREIGN BUT MOST OF THE MATERIAL IS NON FICTION, PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS AND MAGAZINES, SELF-HELP AND ENRICHMENT, AND VERY FEW VERY FEW FEW FEW FICTION. I AM AN AUTHOR THAT DOES HER HOMEWORK! I AM TELLING YOU THE GOD'S HONEST TRUTH WHEN I SAY, "FOLKS,I KNOW WE ALL GOT SUCKED IN THE PUBLISH AMERICA CRAP STORM-BUT DON'T LET THEM TAKE ONE MORE DIME FROM YOU!"