Can someone give an objective, unbiased answer based upon actual evidence? Since a large established company such as Pearson purchased them, they must consider these complaints bogus. How does one monitor sales of one’s book independently? Something I read yesterday said that someone had requested this and were refused this information. My book is entitled, OFF MY CHEST: Letters to the Editor…+ so it’s unlikely that I’ll keep quiet for long. I don’t know if I should just ask them about this at Author House or just keep quiet. Yeah they offered my high priced marketing tools and I said, "No thank you." The only thing I’m reading the last few days, now that I’m aware of these alleged problems, is not getting paid my due royalties. I’m waiting, as I write this, for my first copy of my first book. I have a book which I just finalized with Author House. I have to say that I am looking forward to it the lawsuits will be entertaining and stand as a warning to any of the other major publishers that are thinking about following in Pearson’s footsteps. In the next few months we are probably going to hear about other firms which are also working towards filing class action lawsuits against Pearson/ASI. This is just one firm that posted a public notice I would bet that the rest are quietly reaching out to disgruntled ex-ASI customers via complaint boards and forums. In fact, I would bet that this is just the first of many lawsuits currently in the works. That firm has always been a class-action lawsuit waiting to happen but now that it is owned by Pearson there are some very deep pockets to go after. Pearson acquired Author Solutions in mid-2012 for $115 million and have since used it to launch new self-pub services in partnership with Penguin India ( Partridge) and S&S ( Archway). That fly-by-night firm and their various brands have a history of questionable business practices that goes back for at least a decade, with some of the brands having been in operation since the late 1990s. This, folks, is what I had been waiting for ever since Pearson made it clear that they weren’t going to reform Author Solutions. (Gee, I don’t think they’ll have much trouble finding them.) There’s no evidence yet that the law firm intends to file suit, but given Author Solution’s infamous reputation in the self-pub community I should think that a class-action lawsuit is inevitable. They are seeking authors who have had negative encounters with Author Solutions. Authors using Author Solutions have complained of deceptive practices, including enticing authors to purchase promotional services that are not provided or are worthless, failing to pay royalties, and spamming authors and publishing blogs/sites with promotional material. Is currently investigating the practices of Author Solutions and all of its brands (AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford, Xlibris, Inkubook, and Wordclay). I’ve just been given a link to a new notice posted on the website of Giskan, Solotaroff, Anderson, & Stewart, a Manhattan-based law firm that specializes in class action and commercial litigation. Update: And now that firm has filed their lawsuit. Have you been cheated by Author Solutions or one of their many subsidiaries? There’s a New York law firm that wants to talk to you. NY Law Firm Now Investigating Author Solutions, Class Action Lawsuit to Follow?
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