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PUBLISHAMERICA'S CREEPY CELEBRITY AUTHOR

Yes indeed folks. PublishAmerica does indeed have a celebrity author whose book was published in January 2010. JD Bauer authored a children's book called "The Trinity of Superkidds book One: Quest For Water" What? You never heard of JD Bauer so how could he be a celebrity? PA's only bone fide celeb surely won't have his mug on their "Up In LIghts Page." JD Bauer is a pseudonym for convicted

PublishAmerica says New Kindles are Loaded with Kindling

They are hoping that their author's wallets are also loaded and fork over their money this holiday season with their newest "dear author" letters. You have to pay for the privilege of PublishAmerica to advertise *your* book to Amazon, so that you can have your book pre-loaded on Kindle. Top secret sources tell me that Kindle's do not come pre-loaded. Perhaps the advertisers are loaded or

PublishAmerica Is Hiring

Guess what that means, authors? It means you get to buy more copies of your books. Congratulations! Anybody have links or copies of their help wanted ads?

Dear author:

Thank you.

In an economy that appears to keep every decision maker frozen in mid summer, PublishAmerica is creating new jobs!

That's right: we are hiring. PublishAmerica creates American jobs. Why? Because we are growing so

PublishAmerica: Think your book is going to Scotland?

This post was made yesterday on the PublishAmerica "Scam" blog, by Phil.

Check out PA's promo gimmick for "your book in Scotland." The Edinbugh International Book Festival objected to PA trying to associate itself with the Festival to sell a gimmick offer to their authors. They sent PA a C&D letter and here courtesy of Paula Commerford is PA's response to the ceast and desist letter. Doesn't

PublishAmerica Reported To The FBI

When I first went to bat for PubliSHAMErica authors, I intended to find out what it was like to be a PA author to see if the complaints were true. As it happened, I think I have been one of the most poorly treated of authors. The actions of PublishAmerica has now earned them a report filed with the FBI. That's right folks. Yesterday, I went to the Social Security office regarding the fact that

PublishAmerica's Edinburgh International Book Festival Controversy

This was a recent post made to the PublishAmerica scam blog. In truth, your chance of running into the Loch Ness Monster is far greater than your book being at this Scotland book fair, because that won't happen at all.. at least not for PublishAmerica and it's authors. "Your Book in Scotland byWe will promote your book in a beautiful full-color catalog that we will present to the festival. Let's

PublishAmerica: Buy Your Own Congratulatory Letter!

Yes our favorite vanity press is back with a bunch of new sales gimmicks.I found this one particularly slimy. For the low price of $19.95, you can have your own letter of congratulations from the PA team (I wonder who signs this)? Come on guys. Really. $19.95 for a letter congratulating authors on a book that nobody will ever hear of? Give me a break. Product Description Congratulations and

More Tax Woes For Willem Meiners of PublishAmerica

PublishAmerica.. I haven't written on them in a while. There was nothing new to report. However, my source has told me that Meiners and wife Alice were reported to the IRS for possible tax fraud involving HELP, his "non profit" organization, in 2008.These details were revealed in our investigative report. So if you haven't read it, please do so. The IRS audit was completed on Nov. 31, 2010 and as

PublishAmerica your book in Publishers Weekly

For those of you who missed my investigative report, I already covered the issue of book reviews. I write national columns which are read by approximately 20 million readers every month. I contacted PublishAmerica about reviewing their books and interviewing their authors. This was a big break for some of their authors. I noted that their books are not reviewed and I now know why. After wasting

Tax Woes For Willem Meiners and HELP

In the tax year 2007, Alice King whose address was the same as Willem's was namedExecutive Director of HELP (Helicopters For Life Partnerships) and paid $11,612 for 884 hours or 17 hours per week. Willem claims to have worked 780 hours or 15 hours per week and did not pay himself. It is impossible that Alice could have put that much time into HELP in 2007. HELP applied for and received in 2006,

PublishAmerica: Send your book to Hollywood Sale

PublishAmerica is at it again.. maybe they are in need of extra holiday cash. Who knows. For the price of 99.00 you can have PublishAmerica do what you could very well do yourself. I would never give a publisher permission to act as my agent and I wouldn't pay them the 99.00 because in the event that you did win (provided your book was ever entered on your behalf) PA would get a chunk of your

PublishAmerica: Details of the Atlantic City Convention

PublishAmerica is "finalizing" this convention in Atlantic City and while they're doing that, I've contacting Bally's as a news reporter. After all, a convention of this size would be newsworthy, don't you think? I'll let you know what I find out, but suspect this is no different than any of the other "donations" that I have investigated where the recipeint has never even heard from

PublishAmerica Atlantic City Convention

PublishAmerica sent this notice out to their authors yesterday, which means we should be on the lookout for another spam message in our inboxes this evening. I would wager a bet that this will be something like the great PublishAmerica seat auction. Who remembers that one? Notice how this is worded and it makes it sound as if PA is going to sponsor this convention. I can promise you this, no news

PublishAmerica Opens Up a Big Can Of Worms

Looks like the Maryland Printer PublishAmerica has opened a big can of worms by asking this loaded question. Join in the discussion. We'll be discussing these comments and accusations in the comments section!Dear PublishAmerica authors, we want your feedback. What services and specials would you like to see added at PublishAmerica? We'll consider all requests, but may, of course, not be able to

PublishAmerica: Buy Your Own Interview

This is a new low, even for this company. It is a sad day indeed, when a publisher offers to sell its authors publicity. For those of you who may be new to this website or don't yet know my name, I write several nationally syndicated news columns. I am a critic and reviewer. In fact, right now, I am reviewing several books for Penguin and Simon and Schuster. The major publishers, that's right. I

PublishAmerica Re-Write Special

Just in time for the holidays, PublishAmerica offers its authors the chance to re-write their books. I love the comparison of editing a book by PA already in print, " Its like giving birth to the same child twice!" That is what PublishAmerica is telling its authors is needed. Shove the baby back in and try it again. PublishAmerica boasts about never charging its authors any fees- of any kind, yet

PublishAmerica's Half-Assed Press Release

Here we go again. The Maryland Publisher, PublishAmerica has earned my scorn again. As a member of the news media and editor of a high fashion magazine, I deal with PR agencies, designers and celebrities on a daily basis. Marketing and promotion is a key element in making or breaking your product and thus, a well written press release is a must! In my investigative reports, that most of you who