RWDVM
I don't know if you all remember me, but I am the veterinarian author that had some issues with Publish America. Since my posting on the PA message board of my PA author support e-mail correspondences regarding the non-availability of my book at any booksellers, some events had transpired. First, I got past the anger and decided that, since I felt partially at fault for my circumstances for not having researched the reality of PA before signing, that I would work with them, and focus on the positive, which was my listings on Amazon and B&N.com, and concentrate on a real internet push, rather than waste my breath getting denied by brick and mortar book sellers. I even sent them a reconciliation e-mail which was never answered. I telephoned and no one would speak to me. The next thing I know, my listing disappeared from their web site, and I'm receiving a certified letter from PA, indicating that they have discontinued publication of my book and have terminated my contract. They used as a reason, a clause in the contract that indicates that they reserve the right to do this if they feel, at their descretion, that there is no longer a public demand for the book.
Rather than get angry at this moment, however, I have to solve the predicament at hand, which is to get another publisher to publish and print my book, before major promotion that I have lined up starts to kick in (which can happen any day now). For now, I have enough personal stock of my book to keep selling from my website and from my clinic to last me 2-3 months, but that's it. I have sent book copies to some seemingly open minded traditional publishers, but we all know how long it can take to even get a response. And, I don't have the capital to self publish.
This post is not to spark a bitch session against PA. I wrote it to simply ask if any of you have any advice that you can offer. It would really be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Roger L. Welton, DVM
Rather than get angry at this moment, however, I have to solve the predicament at hand, which is to get another publisher to publish and print my book, before major promotion that I have lined up starts to kick in (which can happen any day now). For now, I have enough personal stock of my book to keep selling from my website and from my clinic to last me 2-3 months, but that's it. I have sent book copies to some seemingly open minded traditional publishers, but we all know how long it can take to even get a response. And, I don't have the capital to self publish.
This post is not to spark a bitch session against PA. I wrote it to simply ask if any of you have any advice that you can offer. It would really be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Roger L. Welton, DVM