After reading all these comments and offered much the same on yesterday, I became wary and decided not to part with my hard earned money. ), ( Please feel free to contact me at jrmckay@sky.com. I can fully understand their frustration but that should be aimed at the owner. 20 For the record, there's nothing explicitly wrong with vanity publishing. If boycotted, the gangsters will come to their senses and look for better things to do. Two agents had enjoyed my book, asking for revisions to the full manuscript before ultimately rejecting it. Pegasus Books of California (not to be confused with indie publisher Pegasus Books of New York or UK-based vanity publisher Pegasus Elliott Mackenzie or any of the several bookstores by that name) is the subject of serious complaints by authors. For me this is only a means to get my Nisha works out onto the market, that way at least I have something I can present to a traditional publisher Invest their willingness to take a chance on me and my works is greater. Better to self publish. (1) Getting your book to a publishable state – the proofreading, cover design, etc – but it is all very doable on your own. Writers BEWARE Pegasus is a one man band and will do many of you in with royalties. In fact, continually, the perception wrongly presented is that Pegasus is a standard mainstream publisher with sympathy for new and unpublished authors. If you are an author and would like to submit an [sic] manuscript to be considered for publication please read our submission guidelines.”. Pingback: Publishing Service Index: May 2015 | The Independent Publishing Magazine, Pingback: Publishing Service Index: June 2015 | The Independent Publishing Magazine, Thanks, Mick! I have alot of authors to look after which will keep me busy all of this year.Regards Gary Compton. I have also been offered a contact by Pegasus under Vanguard Press. Christian Faith Publishing is a done-for-you publishing services company that has been offering book production and marketing services since 2016. Please elaborate if you think there is still grounds for these libelous comments? I would’ve thought that you being a champion of authors you would applaud someone in their efforts to save a failed press. ), ( Seasons greetings to all struggling writers, and best wishes for next year. The first to have been published by Pegasus. Raashida. A big thank you to everyone above for sharing their negative experiences of Pegasus. The author of this comment requested it to be deleted on April 30th, 2018. I paid them £2400 and then spent a further 600 on promotion. Does anybody have advice about going down the self publishing route. It repeatedly refutes the term "self-publishing", using clumsy phrases like "author contribution". Return to do your gangsterism in the UK and don’t export it. 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All content is posted anonymously by employees working at Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers. Hi seems this is a standard letter they send out I have one as well the only difference is the book title. I have just received an identical letter to those above. Business Profile. That is the way publishing is going in the “legitimate” publishing world! I was cover artist and acquiring editor.Secondly, I have had a long run in for years with Ian Robson. I have only just read your helpful comments. 11 But I question the professionalism of responding to such authors in kind, blocking them on social media, etc.. And I really wonder about the wisdom of one apparently troubled publisher taking on the problems of another. Was the next Email going to be a solicitation to pay them for publishing my novel? Go for a modest initial print run (100, say) to test the water, but shop around. 144 talking about this. Tony, I’ve had the exact same communication today. ), ( We always tried to deal with them as quick as we could.With regard to Spectral, I tried to help having been in a similar position as Spectral's owner who is a Tickety Boo author. Your production co-coordinator will be in touch soon after we have the signed contract and they will guide you through the publication process. ), ( ), ( And forget them gangs of scammers such as Pegasus, Austin Macauley, Olympia, AuthorHouse, Xlibris and other gangs out to deceive and bully authors out of their money. After waiting weeks, checking emails daily if not hourly, only to read all the above. Especially if they don’t do all they say they will in regards to promoting the book. That means the atmosphere and friendships between workers is genuine and easy to form. ), ( ). 71 It’s unfortunate for Pegasus because their book covers are reasonably okay, though I’m very circumspect about their ability to distribute their authors’ books beyond wholesale listing. ), ( What is your overall opinion, now we are nearly in 2017? Complaints include referrals to a paid editing service ( Rumpelstiltskin Editorial Services) that's presented as an outside contractor, but is actually owned by Pegasus's publisher, … They had to have been read by the editor in order for me to get such exacting detail. You’ll have saved yourself money by doing your own illustrations. - Access Media Group (aka Quill Space Media). So-called ‘John McKay’, you sound like you work for these cons! You can no longer deceive people. I wanted to take this opportunity to say that my concerns have been addressed by Pegasus and I am pleased with the products and services I’ve received. No Alibis is Belfast’s biggest niche crime fiction book shop. The owner told me he would not touch them with a barge pole. ), ( I am pleased to inform you that ‘CLICK, CLICK BANG!’ was presented at our most recent publishing meeting. I also received the exact same letter word for word. However, as many say, they do not do much to promote the book once published – in fact, very little. It has been my experience that most of the publishing companies these days do not store large numbers of books, but due to the electronic Internet era, most books are, “print on demand.“ This is the same with most of the books that you see on Amazon.com. 35 I think Pegasus could be more accurate… I think Pegasus could be more accurate about their rules during the COVID. If the editor considers the work to be appropriate for our lists, we will put forward an offer of publication, either under a traditional contract or a hybrid publishing contract. Good luck. Management knows that younger graduates or workers have little office experience and so can be taken advantage of and poorly compensated. The reply from Pegasus was initially exciting – but the request for money up front immediately rang alarm bells and this site has helped me decide not to touch them with a bargepole! In principle, it would never be a good thing to wish death to anything, even to insects, but if the insects are harmful and predatory blood-suckers, we should not regret their demise. My initial contacts with them were largely positive. Wow! I got the same exceptance letter but havn’t receieved the contract yet, but when I do it will be straight in the bin. And as you know there is a 60-90 day delay in payments from Amazon so any revenue from those “seeds” in 2014 will show in the next years accounts.I am not sure where you get us being in trouble from. I have been scammed haven’t I. I’ve already had three books published by Robert Hale and I went to Pegasus because I thought their reach was probably wider than Hale’s. I have no intention of discussing them here or anywhere else! My book is on a very niche subject (avant garde music) and it would appear that Pegasus would not have either the motivation or the experience to promote a book like mine. Look up her site and say Hi to her from David in Jerusalem. I have also just received an offer of publication and the big £2750 has really put me off. Writer Beware® is sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. ( ), the formation and development of six new imprints, bankruptcy petition referred to in my post, Post Comments I am not aware of any clause that is what you call iffy. Young bright workers are employed due to their lack of experience. They don’t even need themselves. 9 I have spent the last week trying to find a way to get the funds but fortunately have read this and other sites recommending against them. Membership fees to be able to pay professional promotors and sponsor events. ), ( Hi everyone, 7 I stumbled across this forum after I received an identical letter from them yesterday for a children’s manuscript. Out of a sense of devilment I read Vanguard’s contract and returned an annotated copy indicating 8 clauses that unfairly promoted the Publisher’s interests above those of the author (payment schedules, cash flow, breach etc); 2 errors in contractual law and posed 19 questions that required clarification over intent and lack of definition in 7 pages of text. I read your comment wiith nterest as I have just received a contract from Pegasus and am wondering whether to sign or not as they are asking form £1900 contribution. One last observation – if a publisher is asking you for money, aren’t they also advertising (at best) that they are unsure of their own capabilities? A friend of mine, a historian but one who is not a celebrity and who has no track record, was offered a publishing deal with a well-known academic publisher, who insisted he pay himself for the editing and for the index! There are a couple of mistakes, which had not been rectified before going to print, but maybe no one else would notice? I work for a small London-based chain of bookshops which also has a publishing arm.

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