Literary Fiction Book Review

I got a question about this service a little while back, and had similar concerns. To me, it reads as if most of the reviews are written by the same person--so I'm a bit dubious about their claims of having "staff."

Note that the awards program includes no actual prize!

The site is registered to Phillippa Royal, who is also associated with Regal House Publishing, which describes itself as "an artisan publishing company with an express interest in literary fiction and historical fiction" and has a tiny thread here. Phillippa's name doesn't show up on the Regal House website, but here it is at the Florida Dept. of State Division of Corporations. Hmmm, could Phillippa be the same P.J. Royal whose Killing the Bee King is reviewed by Literary Fiction Book Review, and who just happens to be Regal House's only published author to date?

Regal House doesn't say anything explicit about charging fees, but I can't help wondering, given that "Author Services" is one of the tabs on the website.

- Victoria

I asked my old friend, Google, about Regal House Publishing and fees and Google gave me the Regal House Publishing blog, which is not linked to the main site. On the post "An Interview with the Editor" the fee associated with the author website is said to be $95/year.

Good find, LittlePinto! The name of the editor, according to the blog post, is Jaynie Cox. That's a somewhat distinctive name, but generates just one page of Google results, all to do with Regal. No photos I could find to compare with this one of PJ (Phillippa) Royal.

- Victoria