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1. www.bbb.org › author-solutions-llc-0382-32002554Author Solutions, LLC | Better Business Bureau® Profile

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   BBB accredited since 5/14/2010. Book Publishers in Bloomington, IN. See BBB rating, reviews, complaints, get a quote & more.

   • Location: 1663 S Liberty Drive, Bloomington, 47403-5161

   • Phone: (877) 775-7551

2. selfpublishing.com › author-solutionsAuthor Solutions Review: Scams, Complaints & More

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   According to research done by David Gaughran, in 2011, Author Solutions successfully captured the phone numbers and email addresses of 475,000 writers. They set up to capture leads, and follow up aggressively with email and phone calls. The company has spent millions of dollars on customer acquisition for these ads.

3. justpublishingadvice.com › publishing-companies-toBook Publishers To Avoid And New Author Scams

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   Aug 27, 2018 · Self-publishing is a free service available to all new authors. You can use Amazon KDP, Apple, Nook, Smashwords, and Draft2Digital, to name a few of the many reputable self-publishing services. With these companies, you can publish a book with only a minimal investment in preparing your book.

4. authorsguild.org › resource › publishing-scam-alertsPublishing Scam Alerts - The Authors Guild

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   5 days ago · February 2, 2024: A publishing scam has recently come to light involving fraudulent emails purporting to be from Folio Literary Management. Authors have received emails claiming to be from Erin Niumata, Senior Vice President at Folio, seeking personal information under the guise of clarifying representation details.

5. blog.reedsy.com › scams-and-publishing-companiesBook Publishers to Avoid: How to Dodge Shady Author Scams

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   Aug 21, 2019 · 2. 'Literary agents' promising book deals. Another kind of scam you might be dealing with is an agent scam. If a literary agent unsolicitedly contacts you to offer you a book deal with a publisher or asks you to pay a reading fee, your spidey sense should be tingling pretty hard.

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6. writerbeware.blog › 2020/08/13 › a-new-bewareA New “Beware”: Scammers Impersonating Reputable Literary Agents

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   Aug 13, 2020 · Scammers–the same Philippines-based Author Solutions copycats that I’ve featured numerous times in this blog (also see the long, long list in the sidebar)–are impersonating reputable literary agents and agencies in order to bamboozle writers into buying worthless “services.”. Here are the misused names I’ve documented so far; the ...

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   Is Author Solutions a legitimate company?

   • Author Solutions has been described as resembling a 'two-bit internet scam' by some, although this is a subjective assessment and opinions vary. Updated by David Gaughran on 22 January 2022. The company operates on a large scale and scammers typically work on percentages, knowing that only a small fraction of people will be deceived. They flood the world’s inboxes with spammy junk.

   How The Author Solutions Scam Works • David Gaughran

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   How does Author Solutions work?

   • According to research done by David Gaughran, in 2011, Author Solutions successfully captured the phone numbers and email addresses of 475,000 writers. They set up to capture leads, and follow up aggressively with email and phone calls. The company has spent millions of dollars on customer acquisition for these ads.

   Author Solutions Review: Scams, Complaints & More - SelfPublishing.com

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   Who is Author Solutions?

   • Related: With its headquarters located in Bloomington, Indiana, on their website Author Solutions reports helping over 225,000 authors publish 300,000 books. Before we get too far into this, it’s worth mentioning now Author Solutions is the parent company for the world’s biggest and renowned vanity publishing companies.

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   Is Author Solutions a bad company?

   • A well-documented lawsuit filed back in 2013 by New York law firm of Giskan Solotaroff Anderson & Stewart LLP: According to Wikipedia, “Author Solutions is frequently criticized by author advocacy groups for predatory marketing practices, excessive fees, high-pressure sales, and poor customer service.

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   Is Author Solutions a good publisher?

   • Author Solutions has a reputation By far, the most commonly mentioned vanity publisher is Author Solutions. It trades under a long list of names, including AuthorHouse, AuthorHouse UK, AuthorHive, iUniverse, Palibrio, Partridge Publishing, Trafford Publishing, and Xlibris. All of these names should raise red flags for authors.

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   Is Author Solutions a reputable self-publishing service?

   • Author Solutions spent $11.9m on customer acquisition in 2011 alone, according to their own figures when they were looking for a buyer in 2012. This suggests that they may rely heavily on marketing efforts rather than author referrals and word-of-mouth.

   How The Author Solutions Scam Works • David Gaughran

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8. davidgaughran.com › how-the-author-solutions-scamHow The Author Solutions Scam Works - David Gaughran

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   Jan 22, 2022 · Author Solutions generated revenue of $99.8m in 2011, and projected that would increase to $179.6m by 2015. A full 63% of this revenue – $62.87m – came from selling services to writers, pretty much an even split between publishing services and marketing services. By contrast, e-book sales only generated $1.3m.