I decided to try and get published outside of magazines and submit to a publisher. My mistake was submitting to PA. I did not understand how the publishing world worked or that such companies, frauds, like PA were out there.
I should have known that something was up with them when two days after I sent in my manuscript it was accepted. But since I thought it was an exciting moment I did not think of it until a after I read their sample contract.
They stated to me the sample contract was just that, a sample and did not reflect anything similiar to the one I would get. Well the only thing that was different was my title of the book, which I did not want to be the title, appeared in the contract. Dumb me, who was busy with term papers, work, children, and marriage, signed it mailed it in.
The title, Love and Other Disasters, was not even my first choice of a title. I sent in a varied form of the title and they changed it without my permission.
Upon hearing that I figured on maybe they are an okay company, maybe they have many readers, editors...whatever...and wanted to publish me.
Then they wanted me to tell them what kind of cover I wanted. I told them and then they came back with a cover that was not even close to what I wanted. I said make a black and white cover a broken vase and dead flowers (I don't remember exactlly what it was but close to that).
They sent back, as posted in another thread on this forum, my book cover with a rose whose petals are falling off. I said no to it and got an email to days later asking me to send in my edited manuscript. I did. And got an emailing saying their editors were editing it too.
Okay great I thought.
Back to the cover...
Then after they said they edited the book they said it went to print. Best part about going to print was the actual release date. Feburary 23. I sent in my final edit, after the release date. Then a few weeks later, I foudn out my book was released. They never told me it was.
Then I find out from a person on this forum my cover was ripped from Juipter Images. That was the final straw. I mentioned this on their forums and an hour later was banned from posting. I then have written many emails to them telling them they are frauds and violated my contract in various ways. They have not emailed me back yet.
It it was not for the various magazines that have published my work, I would think I was a joke of a writer. Thankfully I have accomplished more than having PA scam me. Now I have to rebuild what little rep I had and make a new name for myself. Live and learn.
Now I keep getting emails wanting me to buy bulk copies of my book, 18 or 38 at a time at various discounts. I never have. I never will.
I should have known that something was up with them when two days after I sent in my manuscript it was accepted. But since I thought it was an exciting moment I did not think of it until a after I read their sample contract.
They stated to me the sample contract was just that, a sample and did not reflect anything similiar to the one I would get. Well the only thing that was different was my title of the book, which I did not want to be the title, appeared in the contract. Dumb me, who was busy with term papers, work, children, and marriage, signed it mailed it in.
The title, Love and Other Disasters, was not even my first choice of a title. I sent in a varied form of the title and they changed it without my permission.
Upon hearing that I figured on maybe they are an okay company, maybe they have many readers, editors...whatever...and wanted to publish me.
Then they wanted me to tell them what kind of cover I wanted. I told them and then they came back with a cover that was not even close to what I wanted. I said make a black and white cover a broken vase and dead flowers (I don't remember exactlly what it was but close to that).
They sent back, as posted in another thread on this forum, my book cover with a rose whose petals are falling off. I said no to it and got an email to days later asking me to send in my edited manuscript. I did. And got an emailing saying their editors were editing it too.
Okay great I thought.
Back to the cover...
Then after they said they edited the book they said it went to print. Best part about going to print was the actual release date. Feburary 23. I sent in my final edit, after the release date. Then a few weeks later, I foudn out my book was released. They never told me it was.
Then I find out from a person on this forum my cover was ripped from Juipter Images. That was the final straw. I mentioned this on their forums and an hour later was banned from posting. I then have written many emails to them telling them they are frauds and violated my contract in various ways. They have not emailed me back yet.
It it was not for the various magazines that have published my work, I would think I was a joke of a writer. Thankfully I have accomplished more than having PA scam me. Now I have to rebuild what little rep I had and make a new name for myself. Live and learn.
Now I keep getting emails wanting me to buy bulk copies of my book, 18 or 38 at a time at various discounts. I never have. I never will.
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