Hello, this is author Amber Michelle, otherwise known here on Absolute Write as D'racae'lyn, spokeswoman for the mystical and magical land of Ll'ryn-ea. Oh folks, here's the skinny, I have been gathering information on Publish America ever since the evening in mid May of this year when I, out of bored curiosity, went into Publish America's online bookstore to see if their were any other books similar to mine. Imagine my shock and rage to to find my own book posted on, at that time, page 98, in their Fiction section! Oh, the reason for the shock and rage? Oh, nothing much.........other than the fact that I had received notification by physical land mail in a letter dated February 16, 2010, that they had canceled my book as of that day...that they no longer had any in stock...that they would be printing no future copies...that they would no longer be offering it for sale to individuals, wholesalers, or retailers...and most d*****g (modified for the sake of posting) of all......THAT THEY HAD REMOVED IT FROM THEIR WEBSITE THE DAY THAT LETTER WAS DATED FOR! (Which, by the way...here is an interesting note...that letter was dated for Feb. 16, 2010, but I did not receive it till around Feb. 22, 2010! Hey, I know the mail service is slow sometimes, but get real, O'neal!) Well, the long and short of it is, my book is still being posted on their website to this very day of October first, 2010, as the following photos taken with my cam just this very moment will prove irrefutably..........
And here is proof that not only is that book mine, and that I am indeed author Amber Michelle, and that they are posting that book illegally and are guilty of copyright infringement due to the fact that they told me, not once, but twice in that cancellation letter that they were returning my copyrights to me, I am posting the following visual, verifiable evidence....
THE ACTUAL COVER GALLEY THAT THEY SENT ME FOR APPROVAL FOR "MARILLA AND THE MERMAID", WHICH CLEARLY DISPLAYS THE PUBLISH AMERICA LOGO ON THE BACK COVER....
THE ACTUAL PHOTO THAT WAS USED ON THE BACK COVERS OF MY FIRST TWO BOOKS, "WALKING WITH ANGELS" AND "A WALK THROUGH MY SOUL", BOTH OF WHICH WILL BE SHOWN BELOW, FIRST THE FRONT COVER OF EACH BOOK CLEARLY SHOWING THE AUTHOR'S NAME TO BE AMBER MICHELLE, AND BOTH OF WHICH WERE SCANNED DIRECTLY FROM THE AUTHOR'S COPIES THAT WERE SENT TO ME......
THE ACTUAL PHOTO USED FOR THE BACK COVER OF BOTH OF MY FIRST TWO BOOKS........
THE FRONT COVER OF MY FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK, "WALKING WITH ANGELS", CLEARLY SHOWING THE AUTHOR TO BE AMBER MICHELLE....
THE BACK COVER OF THAT SAME BOOK, CLEARLY SHOWING THE PHOTO THAT IS POSTED ON THIS MESSAGE....
THE FRONT COVER OF MY SECOND BOOK, CLEARLY SHOWING THE AUTHOR TO BE AMBER MICHELLE...........
THE BACK COVER OF THAT BOOK CLEARLY SHOWING THE PHOTO SHOWN IN THIS MESSAGE........
AND AS FINAL PROOF THAT IN CONTINUING TO POST THAT BOOK LONG AFTER THE DATE ON THE CANCELLATION LETTER, I AM OFFERING THE FOLLOWING FINAL PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT WILL PROVE IRREVOCABLY THAT PUBLISH AMERICA IS GUILTY OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT,
THE SCANNED COPY OF THAT CANCELLATION LETTER..........
YOU WILL PLEASE PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE DATE ON THAT LETTER, TO THE FACT THAT THEY TELL ME NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE (IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH PARAGRAPHS) THAT THEY ARE RETURNING THE COPYRIGHTS TO ME, TO THE FACT THAT THEY STATE QUITE CLEARLY IN PARAGRAPHS THREE AND FOUR THAT THEY HAVE NO COPIES IN STOCK-WILL NOT BE PRINTING ANY MORE-WILL NOT BE OFFERING IT FOR SALE TO INDIVIDUALS, WHOLESALERS OR RETAILERS-AND OH DO PLEASE PAY VERY SHARP AND CLOSE NOTICE IN PARAGRAPH FOUR, LINES TWO AND THREE, WHERE THEY TELL ME THEY HAVE REMOVED IT FROM THEIR WEBSITE. I KNOW I AM GETTING OLD AND MY EYES AIN'T QUITE WHAT THEY USED TO BE, BUT...UH, WOULDN'T YOU SAY IT WAS STILL ON THEIR WEBSITE IF I WAS JUST ABLE TO TAKE PHOTOS OF IT ON A PAGE CLEARLY AND BOLDLY DISPLAYING THEIR BANNER?
AND IF YOU NEED FURTHER PROOF OF THEIR DUPLICITOUS NATURE, THEN GO TO MY PERSONAL WEBSITE, A WEBSITE I WENT TO GREAT PERSONAL SACRIFICE TO GET, AT http://www.dracaelynsdreams.com/, AND GO TO THE "WARNING TO WRITERS" AND "SEEING IS BELIEVING" PAGES AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT THAT IS ON THE DOCUMENT READER ON "SEEING IS BELIEVING", THEN AT THE GALLEY THAT I SENT THEM FOR MY STORY AND AT THE MANGLED MESS THEY SENT ME BACK.
THEN TELL ME I AM A CRAZY OLD LADY SITTING ALL ALONE AT HER COMPUTER DAY AFTER DAY WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO "PICK ON POOR DEFENSELESS PUBLISHING COMPANIES THAT WERE JUST TRYING TO HELP AUTHORS REALIZE THEIR DREAMS". AND THAT, BY THE WAY, IS A DIRECT QUOTE OF A RESPONSE I RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO A VIDEO THAT I PUT ON YOUTUBE.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE A PETITION I CAN SIGN TO PUT THIS CORRUPT, FRAUDULENT, SCAMMING, MISREPRESENTING, FUND MISAPPROPRIATING, COPYRIGHT INFRINGING, LYING, THIEVING PIECE OF "YOU KNOW WHAT" OUT OF BUSINESS, WELL........JUST TELL ME WHERE TO SIGN. I DON'T JUST WANT THEM TO PAY FOR THEIR CRIMES AND SINS........
I WANT THEM PERMANENTLY, TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY PUT OUT OF BUSINESS.
I WANT THEM TO FINALLY FIND OUT WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE STOMP ON THEM LIKE THEY STOMP ON OTHERS.
UH...DO YOU KIND OF GET THE FEELING THEY AREN'T EXACTLY MY FAVORITE PEOPLE?
SIGNED, AUTHOR AMBER MICHELLE
PS. IF ANYONE WANTS TO RESPOND PERSONALLY TO THIS, CONTACT ME AT [email protected]
And here is proof that not only is that book mine, and that I am indeed author Amber Michelle, and that they are posting that book illegally and are guilty of copyright infringement due to the fact that they told me, not once, but twice in that cancellation letter that they were returning my copyrights to me, I am posting the following visual, verifiable evidence....
THE ACTUAL COVER GALLEY THAT THEY SENT ME FOR APPROVAL FOR "MARILLA AND THE MERMAID", WHICH CLEARLY DISPLAYS THE PUBLISH AMERICA LOGO ON THE BACK COVER....
THE ACTUAL PHOTO THAT WAS USED ON THE BACK COVERS OF MY FIRST TWO BOOKS, "WALKING WITH ANGELS" AND "A WALK THROUGH MY SOUL", BOTH OF WHICH WILL BE SHOWN BELOW, FIRST THE FRONT COVER OF EACH BOOK CLEARLY SHOWING THE AUTHOR'S NAME TO BE AMBER MICHELLE, AND BOTH OF WHICH WERE SCANNED DIRECTLY FROM THE AUTHOR'S COPIES THAT WERE SENT TO ME......
THE ACTUAL PHOTO USED FOR THE BACK COVER OF BOTH OF MY FIRST TWO BOOKS........
THE FRONT COVER OF MY FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK, "WALKING WITH ANGELS", CLEARLY SHOWING THE AUTHOR TO BE AMBER MICHELLE....
THE BACK COVER OF THAT SAME BOOK, CLEARLY SHOWING THE PHOTO THAT IS POSTED ON THIS MESSAGE....
THE FRONT COVER OF MY SECOND BOOK, CLEARLY SHOWING THE AUTHOR TO BE AMBER MICHELLE...........
THE BACK COVER OF THAT BOOK CLEARLY SHOWING THE PHOTO SHOWN IN THIS MESSAGE........
AND AS FINAL PROOF THAT IN CONTINUING TO POST THAT BOOK LONG AFTER THE DATE ON THE CANCELLATION LETTER, I AM OFFERING THE FOLLOWING FINAL PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT WILL PROVE IRREVOCABLY THAT PUBLISH AMERICA IS GUILTY OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT,
THE SCANNED COPY OF THAT CANCELLATION LETTER..........
YOU WILL PLEASE PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE DATE ON THAT LETTER, TO THE FACT THAT THEY TELL ME NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE (IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH PARAGRAPHS) THAT THEY ARE RETURNING THE COPYRIGHTS TO ME, TO THE FACT THAT THEY STATE QUITE CLEARLY IN PARAGRAPHS THREE AND FOUR THAT THEY HAVE NO COPIES IN STOCK-WILL NOT BE PRINTING ANY MORE-WILL NOT BE OFFERING IT FOR SALE TO INDIVIDUALS, WHOLESALERS OR RETAILERS-AND OH DO PLEASE PAY VERY SHARP AND CLOSE NOTICE IN PARAGRAPH FOUR, LINES TWO AND THREE, WHERE THEY TELL ME THEY HAVE REMOVED IT FROM THEIR WEBSITE. I KNOW I AM GETTING OLD AND MY EYES AIN'T QUITE WHAT THEY USED TO BE, BUT...UH, WOULDN'T YOU SAY IT WAS STILL ON THEIR WEBSITE IF I WAS JUST ABLE TO TAKE PHOTOS OF IT ON A PAGE CLEARLY AND BOLDLY DISPLAYING THEIR BANNER?
AND IF YOU NEED FURTHER PROOF OF THEIR DUPLICITOUS NATURE, THEN GO TO MY PERSONAL WEBSITE, A WEBSITE I WENT TO GREAT PERSONAL SACRIFICE TO GET, AT http://www.dracaelynsdreams.com/, AND GO TO THE "WARNING TO WRITERS" AND "SEEING IS BELIEVING" PAGES AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT THAT IS ON THE DOCUMENT READER ON "SEEING IS BELIEVING", THEN AT THE GALLEY THAT I SENT THEM FOR MY STORY AND AT THE MANGLED MESS THEY SENT ME BACK.
THEN TELL ME I AM A CRAZY OLD LADY SITTING ALL ALONE AT HER COMPUTER DAY AFTER DAY WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO "PICK ON POOR DEFENSELESS PUBLISHING COMPANIES THAT WERE JUST TRYING TO HELP AUTHORS REALIZE THEIR DREAMS". AND THAT, BY THE WAY, IS A DIRECT QUOTE OF A RESPONSE I RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO A VIDEO THAT I PUT ON YOUTUBE.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE A PETITION I CAN SIGN TO PUT THIS CORRUPT, FRAUDULENT, SCAMMING, MISREPRESENTING, FUND MISAPPROPRIATING, COPYRIGHT INFRINGING, LYING, THIEVING PIECE OF "YOU KNOW WHAT" OUT OF BUSINESS, WELL........JUST TELL ME WHERE TO SIGN. I DON'T JUST WANT THEM TO PAY FOR THEIR CRIMES AND SINS........
I WANT THEM PERMANENTLY, TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY PUT OUT OF BUSINESS.
I WANT THEM TO FINALLY FIND OUT WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE STOMP ON THEM LIKE THEY STOMP ON OTHERS.
UH...DO YOU KIND OF GET THE FEELING THEY AREN'T EXACTLY MY FAVORITE PEOPLE?
SIGNED, AUTHOR AMBER MICHELLE
PS. IF ANYONE WANTS TO RESPOND PERSONALLY TO THIS, CONTACT ME AT [email protected]
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