But wait a minute. PA said that for $50 they will put my book in front of Rowling's face and allow her to review it for me. But obviously, she never agreed to it, so what happens to the $50? Wouldn't this constitute as fraud? Shouldn't the FBI be invovlved? If I said to all of you, hey, I know Stephen King and he said if you all send me $50, he'll look at your book and review it for you. Well, obviously, I don't know King and he never offered this. I pocket $50 and toss your book into the trash, or worse, tell you how wonderful it is and how you should publish your book with me. So wouldn't this be fraud?? Shouldn't the FBI be invovled??
An open invitation to be sued by JKR?
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Two PA authors shared that on the PA FB page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PublishAmerica/138270496236018
I expect they'll soon be banned and the notices deleted. It's 20 minutes and counting for the first.
Gosh PA--isn't it FUN to try herding cats?
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PublishAmerica/138270496236018
I expect they'll soon be banned and the notices deleted. It's 20 minutes and counting for the first.
Gosh PA--isn't it FUN to try herding cats?
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The only one I see is the guy who says to use your royalties to pay for the special offers. I guess his book is doing well better than mine, or he hasn't gotten his first royalty check yet.
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Very generous treatment of Ms. Rowling! And I think that's also their out: they don't guarantee that she'll take advantage of their generosity. She might be perverse and self-destructive and decline to review your book.
You know, it's really depressing reading all those comments for authors on their fb page. Especially when you see new authors asking questions and you just wish you could jump in and stop them...
PublishAmerica posted this on Facebook three hours ago:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PublishAmerica/138270496236018
My bold.
I don't know how to link to individual comments on Facebook, but this is the link to the page I have open; and I have a screen-grab of it just in case.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PublishAmerica/138270496236018
My bold.
I don't know how to link to individual comments on Facebook, but this is the link to the page I have open; and I have a screen-grab of it just in case.
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I'd love to see Ms. Rowling sic Fluffy on them. Or, failing that, highly paid lawyers approximating Fluffy's havoc potential. 
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Links have been sent to the contact addy on the JKR site with the hope that someone there will remind PA that the C&D is still in effect.
I think that post is the second biggest load of bullshit I've ever seen.
The biggest load is, of course, PA's whole lying website.
I think that post is the second biggest load of bullshit I've ever seen.
The biggest load is, of course, PA's whole lying website.
Just a little update regarding PA's attendance at the EIBF: a friend of mine owns and runs Edinburgh's best independent bookshop. When PA announced it would be attending the EIBF and we heard about its JKR "promotion", she contacted PA and invited them to come to her shop to make a presentation of some of their authors' books to her.
This is the sort of opportunity that good publishers would pounce on: this bookshop, and my friend, are involved in several incredibly high-profile events at the EIBF each year, and a lot more outside of it. New writers have been launched at this bookshop and gone on to achieve great sales as a result. This bookshop has a seriously good reputation.
PA didn't respond to my friend's invitation so she contacted them again. And again. She still hasn't heard from PA. Ah, well. At least PA's books are "available" from her shop if people march in and order them specially.
This is the sort of opportunity that good publishers would pounce on: this bookshop, and my friend, are involved in several incredibly high-profile events at the EIBF each year, and a lot more outside of it. New writers have been launched at this bookshop and gone on to achieve great sales as a result. This bookshop has a seriously good reputation.
PA didn't respond to my friend's invitation so she contacted them again. And again. She still hasn't heard from PA. Ah, well. At least PA's books are "available" from her shop if people march in and order them specially.
No surprise there. It would have required PA to do some actual preparation or, worse still, present whatever ill-edited, over-priced wares its authors had put forward for this promo - and thereby show themselves up as a vanity press. As long as they don't actually show anyone their products, they can still pretend they are a kosher outfit.
The answer is obvious: J.K. Rowling is unquestionably aware of PublishAmerica and their authors now! Mission accomplished... the whole C&D, all a brilliant maneuver to ensure JKR knew the name PublishAmerica! TADA!