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Dear everyone here (including ishan),
Publishing with this company is NOT WORTH IT. Here’s proof: I was a victim during the early years of this company’s business–they hooked me right after graduate school. (Even my husband, who has published with SAGE and Oxford University Press didn’t realize this was a shady business because it was too early in the game and we misread the royalty agreement. We soon learned too well.) The main problems are that this company prices the books well over 50 dollars, so most people cannot buy it, and most importantly, you will probably NEVER GET PAID. That’s right. You must make 50 euros in royalties each month in order to receive a payment. They also sell pdf versions of your book, so if you make 5 euros every month (or 20 euros or 49 euros every single month), they will keep your royalties forever. In return, they “offer” you a book voucher for the amount of your royalties, but since they don’t sell books for anything in that range, your vouchers are useless. If your book doesn’t sell for a year and you ask them to remove the book from their list, they demand 750 euros from you first. Only then will they take your book off their list. Pretty scary, huh? Take my advice and stay away from them if you have a dissertation that you think you merits publication, even as chapters in a journal. If you just want to know that your book is “published and out there” and you’re okay with the fact that the company will keep your royalties, then this is the vanity press for you. Serious writers, stay away.


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