Reality starts to set in when that first royalty check arrives in the mail. Until then anything goes as they think they have been commercially published by a new and up coming publisher with a vision for the future in POD technology.
Seriously, that's just a question of sending the book to Oprah. Some of her staff will put their hands on it while carrying it to the dumpster.
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I'm curious, and I AM NOT suggesting that anyone try this at all EVER.
What's to stop someone from opening say 15,000 Yahoo email accounts and sending in 15,000 junk MS (things that are auto created or cut and paste jobs of the same book with the chapters in a different order) under pen names. And taking the 15,000 $1 checks?
Would the computer catch the same physical address being used so many times or something?
The only Oprah fantasy I have is exposing PA for who and what they are on national television.
now using Oprah as a way to bilk even more money out of their unsuspecting customers. She must get thousands of emails a day, but if there are enough of us writing about this, maybe someone will notice
I was thinking the same thing, Katie. When I received the email from PA yesterday I was wondering if there was any way to let the Oprah production people know about this. Would be so great if she did a show about vanity presses and the various scams they use to bilk the authors out of their money...many who can't afford it, but dream that they will be able to live off the profit of their book. No even just PA but Fletcher and his crowd too.
I can't remember but, did anyone post this e-mail on here for everyone to read?
Now I just have to watch it and see how fast they respond.
Well, it was worth a try. I'm willing to take the chance. I do have a contract through them, I just want some answers, right?
I'm going to write an email to the show (they have a contact page), and I encourage everyone else here to do so as well, informing them of the scam, what PA is, and how they're now using Oprah as a way to bilk even more money out of their unsuspecting customers.Thanks for the link. I have sent Oprah a message about PA.