A new PA forum has opened, at publishamericaauthors.webs.com
There seems to be an abundance of Kool-Aid over there, as the following comments indicate.
One author, noting that she has been bombarded with email offers, says:
I believe PA is trying to promote the authors by giving us an opportunity to get out books noticed by the powers that be.
Strangely enough, I believe that they're not interested in getting your books noticed by anybody except your family and friends — the only people likely to pay the best part of $30 for a slim paperback.
Still, she'll also be able to offer a $30 ebook now:
I just recently paid to have my book converted to E-book version.
The next post is a little more poignant:
I haven't taken part in to many of these promotions. In fact, none. I did just pay to have the latest book on the Nook. We'll se what happens with it. Now if only we had the money for me to take part in some of the others I would have. But our finances determine what I can take part in.