author

Bonnie's story

I wish I had never seen the website, Publishamerica. I began writing a little book for my children. I wanted them to read about my early childhood and the struggles we went through. I had high hopes that this would make them appreciate their life as it was.

I was only going to print out three copies from my computer to give to them. I wished I had written all down that my mom and dad had said to me while growing up, about their early childhood.

When I came across the Publishamerica website I decided to send in my manuscript, just to see. I couldn't imagine anyone other than my family wanting to read anything about my early childhood. I wasn't a celebrity. There wasn't anything exciting about it. But I did it anyway.

Three weeks passed and I got an email from PA. They wanted to give my manuscript the chance it deserves. Well, I thought, maybe it wasn't like I thought. Maybe someone would enjoy it. They must have enjoyed it to publish it. So I was as excited as could be. I got on the PublishAmerica Message Board along with all the others. I wrote another book about my husband's early childhood which was completely different from mine. Yes, they accepted it also with the same words, give it the chance it deserves. I signed the second contract.

I was on cloud nine. I was a published author, receiving all the congrats from all my hometown. After finding out that PublishAmerica was a scam, not paying royalties, the prices of my book was outrageous, not returnable, I could go on and on.

I was sick. I wasn't a published author. I was just some poor soul that PA had taken. They hadn't even read my manuscripts. They printed 2 books for me. Now I had to face facts. I was embarrassed beyond belief. I couldn't even confide with my husband for a long time about PublishAmerica.

If they had only rejected my first manuscript, saying what should have been said. YOU ARE NOT A WRITER! I would have graciously stepped down and printed out my little pages on my computer and given to my children as first intended and been just as happy. In the long run, much happier, and wealthier.

I am not telling this for anyone to feel sorry for me. I'm gonna make it. I want people who have NOT signed with PA to please, don't sign. They are destroyers of your very soul. As I said in here once before, PA is like sepulcures; they are beautiful to look at on the outside, but inside, they are full of dead mens bones.