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Some writers and authors advocates have accused the company of being a vanity press while representing itself as a traditional publisher. This is the largest searchable and free book publisher listing on the web. I am an author that worked under publish america which was then turned to america star. Top ten book publishers in america through march 2008. America star books used to be known as publishamerica, the nononsense, hard driving pioneer that changed the american publishing. Pas new name, the response to my email blew me away. Publishing is the creator of quality content for influential contemporary audiences with a mission to inspire and enable them to improve the quality of their lives. Her stereotypical genres are romantic and action and they also have a lot of passion and sex with in them.
Back in the summer of 2018, we announced that becky chambers was writing two new solarpunk novellas for publishing. Find new book releases, best sellers lists and see when your favorite author is making their next appearance. Publishing houses in depth pages are added one at a time on a daily basis during weekdays. Jun 03, 2008 these two list represent the top ten trade publishers in america and the top ten christian publishers in america. Angela hoy is the publisher of, the author of 19 books, and the coowner of one of the original pod publishers that still gets books to market in less than a month, print and ebook design for authors who truly want to selfpublish, and abuzz press the publishing coop that charges no setup fees. Publishamericaamerica star books the independent publishing. A list of amazon books by the publisher america star books tracked with novelrank and sorted alphabetically. If you have not reset your password since 2017, please use the forgot password link below to reset your password and access your sage online account. They will print your book and put mistakes in it and then want you to pay them to rewrite the book. This is why we enter into contracts with a sevenyear lifetime, which affords the book. Go to the directory of american publishing companies to see a list of american publishing houses and american publishing.
List of predatory publishers this is a list of possibly predatory publishers. List of predatory publishers stop predatory journals. America star books, formerly publishamerica, is a marylandbased printon demand book publisher founded in 1999 by lawrence alvin larry clopper iii and. The kernel for this list was extracted from the archive of bealls list at web. America star books gives foreign authors an english voice, and publishes their work in the united states, canada, and great britain. Heres our list of reputable book publishing companies you might consider working with. Mar 10, 2015 my bad experience with publishamericaamerica star books some of you may be familiar with publishamerica, who some time ago changed their name to america star books. America star books america star books, formerly publishamerica, is a maryland based printondemand book publisher founded in 1999 by lawrence alvin larry clopper iii and willem meiners. Star publishing co printers in gros islet findyello. Publishamerica is now america star books victoria strauss. Publishamerica adheres to the traditional publishing concept. My bad experience with publishamericaamerica star books.
America star books customer service phone number 301 874. Thats why publishamerica has already published 60,000 books written by 45,000 authors. If the name does appear as linked, it means it has not been added yet. Page 1 of 282 of all the publishing companies listed in the american publishers directory this is a list of all publishers in united states. Hebert, who continues to work directly with each mindstir author as their marketing mentorcoach. Alpha publications of america book publishing directory. America star books publish they are now closed and kept my rights fredrick maryland.
The german albatross books had pioneered the idea of a line of colorcoded paperback editions in 1931 under kurt enoch, and penguin books in britain had refined the idea in 1935 and had one million books. See more information about star publishing usa, inc. Jan 01, 1993 american star is a true love story, and quite different for a jackie collins novel. Along the x axis is time, and on the y axis is the count of editions published. Its headquarters is based in frederick, maryland, united states. Some of the books published by pocket star books include the coldest winter ever, inca gold, the watchman. Apparently publish america became america star books. Dk is a top publisher of general reference and illustrated nonfiction books. America star books, formerly publishamerica, is a marylandbased printondemand book publisher founded in 1999 by lawrence alvin larry clopper iii and. This graph charts editions from this publisher over time. We have built our business on relationships and customer service. Star publishing co was established in 1987 by rick wayne obe in journalism and wife mae wayne.
These lists are based on revenues for the twelve months ending march 31, 2008. Closed company, did not warn authors, did not transfer publishing rights. American star by jackie collins goodreads share book. America star books, formerly publishamerica, is a marylandbased printondemand book publisher founded in 1999 by lawrence alvin larry clopper iii and willem meiners. America star books, lllp complaints better business bureau. Angela hoy is the publisher of, the author of 19 books, and the coowner of one of the original pod publishers that still gets books to market in less than a month, print and ebook design for authors who truly want to selfpublish, and abuzz press the publishing.
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