The newspaper I work for ran a glowing article about Publish America...

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... has accomplished what many writers only dream of doing. She caught the attention of a publisher after writing her first manuscript.

She did it younger and faster than most, too. Eighteen year old Linhardt has not yet graduated from high school.

“I was doing school one day and it hit me that I should try,” [she] said. “It seemed that it was like trying suicide.”

Publish America will publish [her] first novel “Dark Generations: Rise of the Mage Knight” this summer. She started writing the second and third sequels to “Dark Generations”shortly after completing the first novel.

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When she started researching publishers at 16 years old, most wanted to charge her $1000 for publishing the book. She sent her novel to Publish America which promised a review of “Dark Generation” and answer in three to six weeks. She got her contract in five days.

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I am furious about this article running in our newspaper. The reporter didn't research Publish America--neither did the editors. They just ran the article without checking anything. They apparently don't even understand the difference between vanity publishers and publishing houses--they're making it sound like the poor girl landed a sale with Del-Rey, and the truth of the matter is that she's now got this horrible pox to deal with.

The editors won't listen to me--the opinion seems to be that, as long as someone out-of-house doesn't complain, it isn't a problem... but they take complaint emails very seriously.


Help me out, huh? If enough complaints flow in, they'll run a correction, or even a counter article next issue. There aren't a lot of writing savy people on campus, and if this article doesn't get corrected, it may sucker more people into going to PA to get published.

[email protected]

Hint. Hint.

Plot Device said:

Here's that snail mail addresss:

Johnson County Community College
12345 College Blvd.,
Overland Park, KS 66210-1299,
913-469-8500


NOW GET WRITING AND STAMP-LICKING, EVERYONE!

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Email DOES work with these guys.

But if you're sending snail mail, (Which would be AWESOME), make sure you address it specifically to the Campus Ledger, or it won't find its way to us.

That's old. Miguel isn't with the Ledger anymore.

Our current editor in chief is Alexia Stout.

You need to get emails to EDITOR IN CHIEF Alexia Stout, (the gmail address gets her) Jen Harris, (Doesn't check email that I'm aware of) MANAGING EDITORLinda Freidel ([email protected]> ) and Faculty Advisor Anne Christianson-Bullers ([email protected]>)

Plot Device said:

How's this:

Campus Ledger News
ATTN: Senior Editor Miguel Morales
Johnson County Community College
12345 College Blvd.,
Overland Park, KS 66210-1299,
913-469-8500




or .....



[email protected]





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James D. Macdonald said:

They need a copy of Atlanta Nights....

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YES. Yes they do. Can someone hook them up?

astonwest said:

Did anyone else find the irony in this part?

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I know the girl. She's quite eloquent--I have a hard time believing she actually said that.

Email contacts and addresses are inundated in this thread. For the love of literacy, please take a few minutes to fire a complaint off to the Ledger editors.

Thanks,

-Bart