shawnrohrbach
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Cacoethes Publishing House LLC
Be aware of these folks and if you have submitted and have been accepted, read the blgo postings and P&E postings about them. They published my first
novel and will never receive another piece of work from me again. Currently having to engage my attorney on them.
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Melanie
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Mood: In the inquisition chamber with the killer.
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Wow. Thanks for the warning.
Sounds like a horrible experience.
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Thomas Forthe (Tom)
Literary Master
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Registered: 10/10/2008
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Thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear you have to take legal action, never fun.
"Two things are infinite; The universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe."
Albert Einstein
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Michy
Boss(y) Lady / Site Owner / Admin
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So I went to part of the site, and check out this grammar:
"Welcome to our site! We are excited about our new venture, and all of the new friends we've made this past month. With all of the talented author's
we've come across, we can't wait to get our site finalized and give our fans something to talk about! "
Comma where it doesn't belong - authors shouldn't have the apostrophe, the site is using horrible stock photos and bad color scheme - the colors
could be good, if they blended them right though.
They are definitely giving people something to talk about, but not in a good way it seems.
I'll be back with more.
Love and stuff,
Michy
~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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Michy
Boss(y) Lady / Site Owner / Admin
Posts: 7022
Registered: 1/15/2008
Location: Texas
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Mood: Peaceful
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So I did a lot of research on these guys, mostly out of curiosity, and found some interesting stuff. For example, the business address they used
doesn't exist. I actually CALLED a business located in the building they were supposed to be in and they said they'd never heard of them AND that a
few other folks have called asking about them too!
The physical address for the company is listed as a home, and when you click on it in Google maps, wow - it's a pretty run down house, almost
shack-like on a big lot, with a poor foundation and a fancy car in the driveway - which sorta means perhaps someone big on outward appearances and
spends money to look good but doesn't really have a lot of money.
It seems there are several complaints about the books never being mailed. MOre complaints that books were supposed to come out as ebooks first then
come out as print books later, but the print books never happened.
The site apparently goes down every other month or so with an 'account suspended' warning, asking the owner to contact the accounting department - as
though perhaps the bill doesn't get paid on time and it's down for a few days until it gets paid.
There are a lot of unhappy authors, if you do a google search and you'll see their blog posts, guestbook posts and more... and AW has a big long huge
thread about them with some authors' personal experiences.
Definitely one to stay away from at this point.
Love and stuff,
Michy
~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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