{"id":298,"date":"2011-04-02T00:42:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T04:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slaneporter.com\/blog\/?p=298"},"modified":"2011-04-02T00:42:32","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T04:42:32","slug":"adding-to-the-white-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slaneporter.com\/blog\/screenwriting\/adding-to-the-white-noise","title":{"rendered":"Adding to the white noise."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Publish<\/p>\n

Re: Publish America<\/h2>\n

I have no personal experience with this self-publishing company, however I do know a few people who have used their services. The overall opinion I’ve gathered is the writer has learned some sort of negative lesson from using Publish America’s services and went to a different company for their second novel.<\/p>\n

I’m adding noise to the growing\u00a0dissension of authors\u00a0hoping the search engines pick up my entry as one more article begging writers to stay the hell away from this company.<\/p>\n

For this entry, I’m specifically referring to their current scam going on right now.<\/p>\n

Here’s what’s happening:<\/p>\n

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  1. A customer\/author of Publish America pays 99$ (or 119$) to have their novel submitted to Amazon Studios (a new contest started in November, 2010)<\/li>\n
  2. Publish America uploads their novel to the Amazon Studio’s website. (studios.amazon.com<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here are the issues I have with this arrangement:<\/p>\n