Agent Emily has about as much chance at selling a manuscript as she does trying to remember her lines.
You'll need to scroll down a bit, but I found several videos here.
Merri, here's the PA Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/PublishAmerica/138270496236018
I know, there are soooo many pages that pop up, even with only typing in p,u,b
Sorry, I'm either blind or I'm not getting the "PA Scam" link. I don't see it anywhere. Can someone possibly provide a link to it here on AW?
Has PA abandoned the symbolic $1 advance? I'm think the $50 advance must have a huge Catch-22 to it in the contract, because there is no way PA is going to pay new authors $50 up front. Does anyone know more about this?
Sneaky! I wouldnt be surprised if you're right. Especially because new PA authors generally have no clue how high their book prices are actually going to be. The price is often their first nasty surprise.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/PublishAmerica-Scam/128768743843643
Or just log onto Facebook and do a search for "Publishamerica Scam".
Yes, and they're trying to get 500 "Likes."
However, there's a campaign to top them with the PA Scam page. Just click the "Like" on it instead.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1191774805#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=233071890042716&id=1191774805
If anyone does a FB search on PA the scam page will always appear with it!
I bet it's up to fifty dollars. $1 is "up to" $50.
They could as easily have said "advances up to $5,000,000."
Who's going to sue? With what standing to do so? Seems unlikely that anyone would have a case over such a penny ante matter anyway. And the defense would be simple: "We have not yet had a book submitted that justifed an advance of more than $1, but we are open to the possibility of one worth as much as $50, but not more than that (that is, 'up to $50').". . . doesn't PA have to have paid out the top amount once in order to claim it without being sued?. . . .
The sad thing is I could have spent 30 seconds in the PA bookstore and priced books of similar size. I might not have signed the contract if I had.
Would one have to make a purchase to determine that? Why not look them up at amazon.com or bn.com or publisher's website or whatever?Buying a book or two from any publisher you're submitting to is a good idea for this reason - it shows at once whether the books are priced reasonably or not.
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Would one have to make a purchase to determine that? Why not look them up at amazon.com or bn.com or publisher's website or whatever?