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thank you men. at ease.
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My advice is to steer clear of them. They're a vanity press trying to disguise themselves as a legit publisher by not disclosing their vanity press status or pricing/terms:
http://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/thumbs-down-publishers/ (fifth one down on the list)
http://pred-ed.com/pebo.ht
http://stuartrivers.blogspot.com/2008/07/olympia-publishers.html
Absolute Write Water Cooler has a thread on them, too, but I'm having trouble getting into their site just now. If I can later I'll find the thread and update this one with that link as well.
They can't fall into the trap and not get out unless they sign a contract. As soon as they get an email or a letter asking for "contributions toward publishing costs" as Olympia likes to call it, they should toss the letter in the trash or delete the email. It's that simple. Sending these companies a manuscript or part of one does not constitute a contract with them. Once you realize they're a vanity press and you choose not to play, it's game over.I have, this morning, been doing a bit of digging myself.
There are quite a few complaints about their tactics and costs.
Lots of people have fallen into a very unpleasant trap and unable to get out.
Thanks guys.
Well they weren't fooled if they forked over cash willingly. They may not have understood why no author ever needs to do that, but no one forces someone to pay a vanity press any money.Exactly, Carol. Yet quite a few people have been caught in this way and signed up !!
Either they were foolish or they were fooled.
Well it is near impossible to find an agent, the facts saying something like only 0.03% of submissions get picked up. That is a huge hurdle. But a good writer spends a LOT more time other than creating the original work. Far more time is spent editing and re-writing that work, proof reading it, adjusting, correcting and tightening up the story. Like anything worthwhile, it's a lot of hard work, but that's where the best stories come from
I'm a bit late to say this, but "Welcome to the Colony!"