- CLASS ACTIO SUIT AGAINST AUTHOR INCUBATOR FULL
- CLASS ACTIO SUIT AGAINST AUTHOR INCUBATOR PROFESSIONAL
Pearson acquired Author Solutions in July 2012. I am greatly looking forward to working with the talented Author Solutions team, and all our publishing partners, at this exciting time." The launch of Partridge, the first Penguin Author Solutions partnership in India, gave me firsthand experience of the huge opportunities that exist both in developed and emerging markets. Phillips commented: "To my mind, self-publishing is the fastest-growing and most dynamic area of the publishing economy. The Bookseller says that Phillips “has worked for the Penguin Group for over 10 years, currently as president of Delhi-based Penguin International”. The suit comes just in time for Andrew Phillips to take over as CEO of Author Solutions, succeeding Kevin Weiss. As we point out in our recent book, ASI is a company about whom we regularly receive the most complaints from a wide variety of authors. true business is not publishing, the complaint stresses, but selling services to authors. The Alliance of Independent Authors has said that it welcomes the suit: On top of that, AS has been accused of launching supposedly unbiased, purely informational comparison websites to help customers pick the self-publishing company that’s right for them, except all clicks lead back to Author Solutions brands.
In reality, however, the parent company is just slapping up half a dozen different logos, renaming packages, and selling the same grossly overpriced services to all of their customers no matter which brand ends up on the cover. With so many imprints, Author Solutions has tricked authors into thinking they have dozens of choices. The deceit starts with the web of brands they’ve established. Says Gaughran:Īuthor Solutions’ modus operandi is pretty despicable, and they’ve been badgering, swindling and confusing writers out of money-and lots of it-for years. Furthermore, Penguin’s Indian self-publishing brand, Partridge, is another imprint run by Author Solutions. David Gaughran points out that Author Solutions has “dozens of self-publishing brands including iUniverse, AuthorHouse, Xlibris, Trafford and Palibrio as well as media companies FuseFrame, PitchFest, Author Learning Center and BookTango.”Īuthor Solutions also operates Archway, a self-publishing imprint that is actually owned by Simon & Schuster. When Giskan et al say “any of its brands”, it turns out that there are a lot to choose from.
The suit could expand rapidly as the authors’ lawyers, Giskan, Solotaroff, Anderson & Stewart are asking other writers who have “self-published with Author Solutions or any of its brands and have been the victim of deceptive practices” to come forward.
CLASS ACTIO SUIT AGAINST AUTHOR INCUBATOR PROFESSIONAL
Strauss, who has covered Author Solutions in depth for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America’s Writer Beware blog, says that “Allegations include breach of contract, unjust enrichment, various violations of the California Business and Professional Code, and violation of New York General Business Law.”
CLASS ACTIO SUIT AGAINST AUTHOR INCUBATOR FULL
The full complaint, filed by Kelvin James, Jodi Foster (not that Jodie Foster) and Terry Hardy can be read on Victoria Strauss’ site. Publishers Weekly reports that the suit has been filed in the Southern District of New York and will be heard by Judge Denise Cote, who is current hearing the ebook price-fixing case.
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