Author House

[Jake E]

Has anyone had dealings with the above mentioned Author House?

I've just received a message stating that they are reaching out to me after I've previously expressed interest.
...
I don't recall having even heard of them, let alone expressed an interest, before today.

J

 

[Bloo]

You haven't dealt with them, yet they imply you have in a cold-call. Run, friend. Run.

Also...when someone writes a book to warn people about them, it can't be good.

Bad publicity

 

[Jake E]

You haven't dealt with them, yet they imply you have in a cold-call. Run, friend. Run.

Also...when someone writes a book to warn people about them, it can't be good.

Amazon product ASIN 1508957169

Holy shit

Good looking out.

 

[AgentPete]

Avoid, avoid, avoid.

Amazon.co.uk

Part of the "AuthorSolutions" brand.
Oh, did I mention - avoid! ?

How The Author Solutions Scam Works

The more you study an operation like Author Solutions, the more it resembles a two-bit internet scam - except on a colossal scale.

davidgaughran.com

 

[Jake E]

Avoid, avoid, avoid.

Amazon.co.uk

Part of the "AuthorSolutions" brand.
Oh, did I mention - avoid! ?

How The Author Solutions Scam Works

The more you study an operation like Author Solutions, the more it resembles a two-bit internet scam - except on a colossal scale.

davidgaughran.com

Jeez

It's depressing how predatory some people are.

Got each others' backs here in the Colony though

 

[Hannah F]

I think they are the most (in)famous of the vanity publishing aka scam market.

 

[Hannah F]

I say to PRH, S&S and all the others named, "Sold your soul to the Devil? Shame on you, Company, shame on you."

 

[AgentPete]

I say to PRH, S&S and all the others named, "Sold your soul to the Devil? Shame on you, Company, shame on you."

Yeah, I initially put it down to a very poor understanding (on the publishers’ behalf) of what exactly AuthorHouse was (is!) and how it scammed folk on the big wide internet. But PRH would have done their due diligence before laying out that kind of cash. So they didn’t just buy AH because AH high-pressure-sold them into it, which is apparently their business MO.

Now sold to Najafi Companies, a private equity firm.