Can PublishAmerica terminate me for this?

Stacia Kane said:

No, it absolutely does add to your credits. I'm not what you'd call familiar with DOG WORLD, but I've seen it in pet stores and bookstores. Having an article published there is definitely a credit. It may not be a fiction credit, but it absolutely is a publishing credit of which you can be proud, IMO.

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I just wanna second what Stacia said.

shaldna said:

Stacia Kane said:

No, it absolutely does add to your credits. I'm not what you'd call familiar with DOG WORLD, but I've seen it in pet stores and bookstores. Having an article published there is definitely a credit. It may not be a fiction credit, but it absolutely is a publishing credit of which you can be proud, IMO.

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I just wanna second what Stacia said.

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And, as someone published in (now-defunct) CATS Magazine, I'll third it.

I have a number of articles in scholarly journals and I mention them in my pub credits. They count because 1) the journals do not accept every article; it must pass certain quality and relevance criteria before they print it, 2) the articles are peer reviewed with the understanding that the reviewers could have blocked their publication, and 3) someone paid me to produce them, even if it was my employer in the course of my normal work duties.

hangnail said:

So as of this day I have no idea if I am an official published author.

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Yes, you're a published author. Your work is available to the public.

No matter what you put in the sandwich, and regardless of whether you cut off the crusts, it's all slices off the same loaf.