I do have to post my opinion on this board!
I have just registered today, strictly to reply to this. A dear friend let me know that there was a rather interseting discussion about Capri going on, and I cant not share my story...
I tried for 6 months to get things working with Capri. I would never have found them if not for a close friend of the family, who Brigdett works with (I have seen comments here that Capri is a full time gig, and that is simply not true. She works paperwork for an Air Force office and by her own admission and her coworker's, she only does an hour or two of Capri after her children are in bed.).
When I first spoke to Bridgett, I mentioned that I did not have a lot of publishable material at the time. I mentioned a novel in the works, but my mission was to get a short story published. I specifically told her that the novel is several YEARS from being publishable. We got working on the contract for the SS, and it took her a few months to mail the thing to me.
While I was waiting for it, I was so excited to be getting published (I had gotten turned down over 30 times, and I have the letters to prove it), I suggested to my dear friend that there was a publisher she should look at. (Bridgett had told me she was acceptting any and all submissions in the interest of building a name. I should have realized that was a huge warning sign.) Next thing I know, my friend, Sayersong, is signed as well.
Actually, six months in and TWO signed contracts later, I was told that Capri had never at any point recieved my contract in the mail. I emailed her on a weekly basis and never got a response. I was told once a month that my email account must not be accepting theirs. So I set up another account, and I still never was replied to, except to say that she was too busy to reply to all her email.
Later, I find out from her coworker that she is waiting for me to contact her. Well, I had writted her off, and was amazed that she still, after 6 more months, she was still thinking I was working with her. I finally get a phone call from her, and she insists that the contract (which she suddenly has) is for my NOVEL as well as my short story. I was not happy. I finally told her I expect her to destroy any paperwork she has for my file, including the contract because I never recieved my copy, as well as the copy of my SS manuscript. I found out later that I had simply been put in the inactive file. My name however, has finally been taken off the website.
A quick comment on their website. It is run like a personal website with an accent on Capri. If you would like to see it, its at capripub.net.
All in all, I had a horrible experience with the company, and would advise anyone else to look at different publishers.
My two cents.
