I'll tell you all what, as I'm feeling like I'm in front of a firing squad: if you have legitimate questions, call the company, or email them at
[email protected]. THIS is getting ridiculous. I don't mind staying around and looking at this mess. It shows me what I will and will not do with my own sites.
Now, you have one of their authors saying, "I didn't pay anything. It was traditional."
But oh no... that's not good enough and so I believe someone is jealous or possibly employed by the competition.
If anyone on this list is remotely interested in truth, contact the company. Get references. They do offering self-publishing assistance. They also offer what you guys call vanity publishing, but that doesn't negate the fact that they have 100 traditional contracts in which the client paid nothing. So, do what you will. Crucify them all. I just thank my lucky stars it's not my business.
I worked in Acquisitions, as I stated earlier. So, please don't attack me for disagreeing. Or for typos. I never changed my story. Traditional publishers do get all the rights, most times. Not your right to claim your own book. That's retarded. First rights (US) and second. Some don't, but many do.