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Any recent news about these guys? They appear to still be accepting submissions, according to their website.
If their site says they are accepting submissions then it means you can submit. Was there some other type of info you were interested in?
Some of the (relatively) recent posts in this thread give the impression that things might not be going so well behind the scenes. Being open to submissions is a good sign, but not if the ship is already sinking. Ellora's Cave remained open to submissions long after they stopped paying authors. I suppose I could contact some of TEG's authors, but I'm admittedly shy about sending unsolicited emails, hence the above post. I don't like to bug people.
The other things about contacting authors is it can be hard to tell who is just an author and who is a pen name for staff or owners. For that reason I often chose more recently acquired (but published with them a year or more) authors to contact and specifically ask of they also work for the press in other capacities.
I am an author with TEG, and I have requested (& received) the rights back to everything I can at this time.
My decision to leave had nothing to do with my experience and everything about my desire to go 100% indie. TEG was, hands down, the best publisher I had the privilege to work with as an author. The editing staff was phenomenal, the author liaison staff friendly and helpful, and the process of getting the books back was much easier than any other publisher with whom I’ve parted ways, save for LSB.
At this time, I still have two novellas with them; one I’ve requested the rights back to and will receive this year. The second, I won’t be able to ask for until 2021 (I think). So I’m still technically one of their authors, and I haven’t seen anything that worries me as an author who will still have intellectual property with them for the foreseeable future.
No problem. They're messing around with the author portal system and website so everything's in flux. They're also changing up how they do promoting and focusing a lot more on videos.Oh, thanks - I had no idea (obviously, I suppose!). My visits to that page evidently coincided with it having been withdrawn from the website for the relaunch.
It’s helpful to know that as it further informs my decisions re submission. Thanks again.
I didn't see any mention in the index or find a topic on TEB with the search feature, so here's a new thread Mods--if I've totally missed an existing thread delete away and try not to yell at me for being an idiot
I recently offered an out of print historical to the brand new UK e-publisher Total-e-Bound to use in their "free read" section and was pleasantly surprised when owner Claire Siemaszkiewicz asked if I'd consider upping the heat level between the H/H because she'd like to reprint it. Claire gave some great suggestions for the rewrite. The suggested edits arrived just last week and this morning I received my author's copy of the revised book.
It's inevitable that things will slow a bit as their submissions increase but at this early stage I'm impressed not only with the speed but with the company in general. Claire and her partners have solid background which they have listed on the website--take note new publishers-- ALWAYS list this stuff. It's the first thing many authors look for when considering a new company. for.
They've got a very nice forum for readers set up with a private section for authors/artists. I really like the e-signature contract service they use as it makes things so much quicker and easier than snail mail which would be a nightmare considering their headquartered in the UK. The coverart is top notch and for your artists my friend Anne Cain is very pleased with in her dealings with TEB.
I hope Claire and company keep up the good work.
I contracted a few books with them. When the contract ended, I had my rights reverted. This was well over a year ago. Imagine my surprise when I discovered all my books are still available for sale on several major and international platforms. I contacted the company, was given some silly little note that they took everything down and it must be some secondary platform. Well, Apple, Barnes and Noble, and Google aren't exactly small platforms. One of my books was up on KU all last year and I can't believe they didn't nail me.
After two weeks of nothing happening, I finally sent emails to get instructions on how to do a DMCA at B&N. I filed take down notices at Apple. Still, nothing has come down. I even ordered a paperback via B&N's PoD service and it just came.
And I've just discovered I'm not the only author experiencing this. Another author has been battling to get her books taken down literally for years. Another just discovered their reverted books are still available for sale.
Another complaint is that my agent retired and both she and I notified them that payment should go directly to me. I don't know where my payments ended up going, but I received no royalties for well over a year. Since it wasn't a lot of money I decided it wasn't worth pursuing legally.
So IMO, they are absolutely a "Beware" publisher.
If you happen to be leaving them, be sure to monitor the status of your books. This is absolutely ridiculous and grossly unprofessional.
Hm. Is this really the only thread about Total E-Bound?
Are any AWers pubbed with them?
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