Jackson Publishing / Hollywood Weekly Magazine

tells you all you need to know here:

(all formating theirs)

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Lobelia Overhill said:

so, they're legit?

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If they charge a fee, it's a bad sign.

Also, if you didn't ask them for the e-mail, and they sent it anyway, that's a bad sign. It puts them in the same company as those crummy companies that keep sending me messages about Cialis and Rolexes.

Hmmm, what's that sound I hear? Could it be? Yes, it must be the sound of Hollywood agents stampeding over to Jackson Publishing! I must move before they trample me.

But first I think I'll take a nap. Wake me in a decade. The stampede ought to be close enough by then that I'll actually have to worry.

What more do you need to know than is in the previous posts?

Their angle is that they are trying to sell you their worthless critiquing services.

The question you should be asking isn't "Are they bad enough to cross off my list?" The question should be "Are they good enough to put on my list?"

So, are they?

What scripts have they sold? To whom? Were they produced?

I don't know. You can ask them. They should be happy to answer.

StarGazer, could you provide more details and backup of your statements? Links to a website would be fine.

- Victoria

It's simple vanity publishing, but it seems particularly aimed, and maybe, depending, might not be that bad of a deal, if that's truly what your looking for.

If you look at the web site that they have, (http://www.jacksonpublishing.com/pages/5/index.htm) it's not for aspiring authors, really. This is more of a "I'm gonna make a family history, or tell a life story that only my close friends and family will want to read but I'll need it in book form" type of thing.

The question really is how good is the transcription service, as they want you to send tapes, not your manuscript.

If you're making a family history, you're not going to be concerned with profit, so $13 a book isn't half bad, again, depending on transcritpion and book quality, although you are only allowed to get 100 at a time. And that's IF you get those 100 copies as part of your price. 6 weeks turn around time, though, wouldn't give me confidence.

I don't see it as a scam per se, but I haven't seen any of the actual books themselves. I would say that would determine the scam or not.

OK, merging threads.

- Victoria