Sentences with phrase «author solutions imprints»

Anonymous 3/21/15: The warnings about Author Solutions imprints still stand.

Once again, this year a number of books published through Author Solutions imprints received recognition from Kirkus Reviews as the best books of 2014 on their Indie list.

Whether it's a nice person working 3rd shift in the Phillipines for Xlibris or a somewhat slicker sales person calling from Author House or any one of a number of «Your Name Imprinted Here» Author Solutions imprints like Westbow Press and Abbot Press, the pitch is the same.

The other significant development is that in the last month two titles from Author Solutions imprints have signed shopping deals with significant production companies in Hollywood.

I was looking online for information on publishing and left my contact information with one of the Author Solutions imprints.

I also suggest that authors avoid the Author Solutions imprints (AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford, Xlibris, and the imprints AS runs for publishers, including Balboa Press) since I (Writer Beware) tend to get more complaints about them than about other self - publishing services.

Penguin is expected to cherry pick the higher performing authors under the Author Solutions imprint and hopefully create the next 50 Shades of Grey.

If you have a concern that needs to be addressed, please contact the customer support team of the Author Solutions imprint publishing your book.

Not exact matches

About Xlibris Publishing Xlibris Publishing, an Author Solutions, LLC imprint, is a self - publishing services provider created in 1997 by authors, for authors.

If you're considering using Balboa, I suggest that you do a websearch on Author Solutions first; there are many complaints online about the various imprints of this company, and I've received many other complaints via Writer Beware.

Earlier this year, Author Solutions acquired another one of its competitors, Xlibris; entered partnerships with traditional publishers Thomas Nelson and Harlequin to create self - publishing imprints; and partnered with Sony to make all of their books available as eBooks.

Whether through a U.S. or international imprint, self - publishing helps authors be recognized and, in rare circumstances, potentially acquired by a traditional publisher or film producers, some of whom have turned to Author Solutions to uncover new talent and emerging voices.

Welcome to Partridge Singapore, a new supported self - publishing imprint from Author Solutions LLC.

Author Solutions has a number of imprints that critics believe are kept in place to limit choice in the market and deceive consumers who «shop around.»

However, that doesn't mean I'll stand by while one of their newly purchased twits pretends to have credentials as a business journalist and tries to con my readers into believing that the Penguin and Author Solutions so - many - imprints - you - can't - keep - track - of - which - ones - we - own business model «brings more choice to the market.»

Susan, if the author is a solid marketer and can sell books online successfully then yes, self - publishing might be a good solution (although I'd encourage the author to start her own imprint).

As a business journalist who follows, among other things, acquisitions — will Author Solution's roll its imprints into one over times.

Each year, Author Solutions and our imprints head to some of the biggest book fairs, trade shows and industry events in the nation.

Author Solutions is pleased to announce that two books published through two of its supported self - publishing imprints, Balboa Press and iUniverse, received recognition at the Independent Book Publishers Association prestigious Benjamin Franklin Book Awards.

Welcome to Partridge India, a supported self - publishing imprint powered by Author Solutions LLC — the easy way for you to become a published aAuthor Solutions LLC — the easy way for you to become a published authorauthor.

Author Solutions operates independently and powers Partridge along with several other self - publishing imprints.

Indeed, Stark is so excited by Shelf Media's work in finding a unique publishing solution and the opportunities Lulu.com's self - publishing model provides indie authors and publishers, he plans to use Lulu.com to back his own imprint, GeekVoodoo Books.

It is a subscription model and it is managed by Author Solutions, who sponsors this blog, but if you subscribe for the year and eventually publish with an ASI imprint in a year, you will get your money back in a discount on your publishing package.

BLOOMINGTON and NEW YORK CITY - Aug. 6, 2014 - Aladdin Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, and Archway Publishing, a self - publishing service operated for Simon & Schuster by Author Solutions, LLC, announced today that Aladdin has acquired publication rights to Strays, a novel by Virginia Castleman.

Headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, Author Solutions» global reach includes imprints developed specifically for authors in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Singapore and India.

[box border =» full»] Don't miss the complete list of complaints against Author Solutions and its imprints.

We'll update people on Author Solution, which has a variety of self - publishing imprints, AuthorHouse, AuthorHouse UK, iUniverse, Palibrio, Trafford Publishing, and Xlibris.

With the Author Learning Center, Booktango and nearly 20 supported self - publishing imprints around the globe, Author Solutions has helped more than 200,000 authors bring 250,000 titles to readers.

There's an author that has used one of the self - publishing imprints of Author Solutions to publish a book on how to work with middle school chiauthor that has used one of the self - publishing imprints of Author Solutions to publish a book on how to work with middle school chiAuthor Solutions to publish a book on how to work with middle school children.

Author Solutions» imprints have provided opportunities for authors to be discovered by traditional publishing companies and representatives from the entertainment industry.

Trafford Publishing is one of a number of companies or imprints that fall under the parent operation Author Solutions, Inc. — the others being iUniverse, Wordclay, AuthorHouse, and Xlibris.

iUniverse is one of a number of companies or imprints that fall under the parent operation Author Solutions, Inc. — the others being Wordclay, Xlibris, AuthorHouse, and Trafford Publishing.

Trafford, a self - publishing imprint founded in Victoria, British Columbia, is now part of the Author Solutions family of publishers.

Leading Christian publisher Thomas Nelson partnered with Author Solutions in October 2009 to launch an indie publishing imprint called WestBow Press.

AuthorHouse is one of a number of companies or imprints that fall under the parent operation Author Solutions, Inc. — the others being Wordclay, Xlibris, iUniverse, and Trafford Publishing.

Wordclay is one of a number of companies or imprints that fall under the parent operation Author Solutions, Inc. — the others being iUniverse, Xlibris, AuthorHouse, and Trafford Publishing.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. and NEW YORK, N.Y. - Aug. 6, 2014 - Aladdin Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, and Archway Publishing, a self - publishing service operated for Simon & Schuster by Author Solutions, LLC, announced today that Aladdin has acquired publication rights to Strays, a novel by Virginia Castleman.

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareAs many of you may know, earlier this year Writer's Digest terminated its involvement with Abbott Press, the white - label self - publishing imprint created and powered for it by Author Solutions, Inc..

Most Author Solutions» imprints, including AuthorHouse, iUniverse, and Xlibris, fall into this category.

Both first - time and experienced authors have discovered that publishing service - providers, like Author Solutions» industry - leading imprints, offer the publishing, marketing, and distribution services that authors need to achieve their publishing goals.

Last week Penguin Random House announced the sale of beleaguered Author Solutions, the large (but seemingly getting smaller) vanity press that is known by several imprint names in the publishing industry including Xlibris, AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford and WestBow Press.

I've spent the last six months trying to get the Westbow salesperson to admit that they are basically a «Your Name Imprinted Here» version of Author Solutions... the granddaddy of all vanity presses... which they are.

«In addition to our do - it - yourself author services, we have created a licensable platform that is customizable, making it easy to build a business, whether you are a publisher looking to publish a series of books on your own imprint or an enterprise looking to deploy a publishing solution company - wide.»

Author Solutions is one of the leading self - publishing imprints and has assisted 150,000 authors self - publish, promote, and bring to market more than 190,000 new titles.

Author Solutions adamantly states that Archway is not an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

BLOOMSBURY SET TO REMOVE ALL AUTHOR SOLUTIONS» IMPRINTS FROM ITS SERVICE COMPARISON DATABASE Mick Rooney The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) founder and director Orna Ross also expressed concerns about the Writers» & Artists» Yearbook comparison service not long after it was set up.

Some of the imprints authors are led to include Trafford, AuthorHouse, Xlibris, and iUniverse, who according to one source, are all part of the Author Solutions family.

Today we are talking about all the new imprints that have launched this week and talk about the shadiness that is Author Solutions.

Traditional publishers have partnered with Author Solutions to launch self - publishing imprints, such as Simon & Schuster's Archway Publishing and Thomas Nelson's WestBow Press; in such operations, Author Solutions is responsible for providing and managing all services, while the traditional publisher receives what amounts to a kickback for referring a new customer.