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have offered to work with me and publish the 2nd book i did, which i had edited and checked, they want money and are happy to do it on a pay as you system totaling to arround 350.00, i have no idea what to do, i self published and was given an isbn number a lady called tanya contacts me dailyany advice please

She contacts you daily because she's trying to sell you something. ;)

The company appears to sell publishing services, not sell books. They charge a fee to authors. Actual publishers don't charge fees for publishing books. And agents charge percentages of revenue from books, not fees for representing authors.

It's one's own choice what to do, but just be sure you understand the agreement. I doubt very much that they do any publicity for books they publish. I gather they have "joint venture publishing" agreements: you risk your money up front on the publishing. They are not a real book publisher.

Not much on the net about them, that's for sure! You'd think they'd have a website. I'm thinking "they" is actually just Tania.

Check this out, I think it's basically the same thing:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=17059818539

There's a discussion here:

http://absolutewrite.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-120333.html

It doesn't mention the firm name you gave, but it does copy correspondence from

"Liz, Tania, Linda, Mark - Acquisitions Team"


If what you want is your book in print, and you're willing to pay for that, that's fine. I would just recognize that that's what it's about.



Okay, let's not mince words.

It's a scam, and an expensive one.

And it seems to be in trouble with the law in the US.

thanks janey for explaining it so i could understand xxxx

i won't bother , thanks again xxx

Hi

I've been having a look, too.

No sign of this company that I can find - which seems strange, if they were a bona fide organisation

Just be careful what you do - and who you give your cash to

Sue x

Check that discussion thread suzian:

http://absolutewrite.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-120333.html

It's pretty obviously the same people.

I was reading through it as I posted/edited. This is down at the bottom:


Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against "Literary Company"

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his office filed a lawsuit against a Boca Raton company that allegedly preyed on aspiring authors. According to the Attorney General’s lawsuit, Writer’s Literary Agency and owner Robert Fletcher used more than 20 websites and related companies to collect funds from potential authors, but misled victims about fees, costs, and promised results.

The Attorney General’s Economic Crimes Division received more than 175 complaints from around the world claiming Fletcher and his associates, who claimed to act as literary agents and publishers, allegedly collected money from victims anxious to see their work published. Potential writers paid anywhere from $89 for an initial critique to over $600 for various services including editing and marketing of a manuscript to publishers. Allegedly, Fletcher also told potential writers that fees were paid from book sales when in fact all costs of publishing were paid by the authors. According to the lawsuit, few books were ever sold as a result of the efforts of Fletcher’s companies.

Investigators determined Fletcher expanded into the field of publishing within the past year. Fletcher admitted to having no background as a literary agent and to using at least 10 aliases in his businesses.

The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief against Robert Fletcher and his associates, as well as his many businesses, prohibiting further business activities in the field of literary agencies or publishers. The Attorney General is also seeking full restitution on behalf of all victimized consumers, civil penalties of $10,000 for each violation of the Florida Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and reimbursement for fees and costs related to the investigation.

I'm afraid that it's the old truism - "if it seems too good to be true, then it probably is"


That doesn't mean that your book isn't worth pubishing, Ladylol, just that these "people" are trying to rip you off.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news with Janey

Sue x

btw thanks for the answers xx im not going a head xx

I was going to mention Lulu as well. That seems a perfectly OK company.

Jill

sorry guys you only have to google to see there are a huge number of complaints about lulu.com as well