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Publish America is a Maryland-based book publisher founded in 1999 by Lawrence Alvin "Larry" Clopper III and Willem Meiners. It has been the subject of controversy because it has been accused of being a vanity press or author mill by some writers and authors' advocates despite its claims to be a "traditional" advance- and royalty-paying publisher. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_America]

==Services Offered==
Publish America pays a "small" (US$1 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_America]) advance to its authors, and claims that all expenses involved with acquiring, producing, manufacturing, and publishing a book. [http://www.publishamerica.com/facts/index.htm]

==Official Site==

[http://www.publishamerica.com Publish America]

==Criticism==
Critics Argue that Publish America presents itself as a traditional house, but acts like a vanity publisher. Writers who contacted [http://www.publishersweekly.com Publisher's Weekly] in 2004 had complained that Publish America sells books to which it no longer holds the rights, offers authors only a 30% discount, doesn't pay royalties it owes, engages in slipshod editing and copyediting, sets unreasonable list prices (National average for a trade paperback is $16, PublishAmerica's is closer to $20 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24113-2005Jan20.html]), and makes little effort in getting books into bookstores [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA481863.html]. On average, data indicates Publish America sell less than 100 copies of each title [http://www.critters.org/sting/].

While Publish America doesn't charge for printing the books, it does require authors to provide a list of friends and family, and then markets to them heavily, according to the authors. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA481863.html]

===Sting===
In 2004, after a representative of Publish America made derogatory remarks about the genre of Science fiction, a host of well-known sci-fi writers, headed by James D Macdonald[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Nights] conspired to prove the publisher a vanity press. At the time, the house claimed to reject 80% of all manuscripts submitted.

The result was a 41-chapter novel where each chapter was written by a separate author except for 17 (repeat of Chapter 4), Chapter 21 (missing), and Chapter 34 (written by the [http://www.critters.org/bonsai.html Bonzai Story Generator]). Authors worked from a loose outline that included an "it was all a dream" ending, and were encouraged to include "obvious grammatical errors and nonsensical passages". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Nights]

The manuscript was accepted for publication on 7 December 2004 without comment, despite the claim made by PublishAmerica that "We read every single submission before we accept or refuse."

The Manuscript can be read here: [http://www.cs.du.edu/~aburt/StingManuscript.pdf Altanta Nights] (''Warning: PDF'')

And the history (including the acceptance letter) is available at: [http://www.critters.org/sting/ The Critter's PublishAmerica page]

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 ==Criticism==
-Critics argue that [[Publish America]] presents itself as a traditional house, but acts like a vanity publisher. Writers who contacted [http://www.publishersweekly.com Publisher's Weekly] in 2004 had complained that Publish America sells books to which it no longer holds the rights, offers authors only a 30% discount, doesn't pay royalties it owes, engages in slipshod editing and copyediting, sets unreasonable list prices (national average for a trade paperback is $16, PublishAmerica's is closer to $20 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24113-2005Jan20.html]), and makes little effort in getting books into bookstores. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA481863.html]  On average, data indicates Publish America sells less than 100 copies of each title. [http://www.critters.org/sting/]
+Critics argue that '''Publish America''' presents itself as a traditional house, but acts like a vanity publisher. Writers who contacted [http://www.publishersweekly.com Publisher's Weekly] in 2004 had complained that Publish America sells books to which it no longer holds the rights, offers authors only a 30% discount, doesn't pay royalties it owes, engages in slipshod editing and copyediting, sets unreasonable list prices (national average for a trade paperback is $16, PublishAmerica's is closer to $20 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24113-2005Jan20.html]), and makes little effort in getting books into bookstores. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA481863.html]  On average, data indicates Publish America sells less than 100 copies of each title. [http://www.critters.org/sting/]
 While Publish America doesn't charge for printing the books, it does require authors to provide a list of friends and family, and then markets to them heavily, according to the authors. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA481863.html]

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-Publish America is a Maryland-based book publisher founded in 1999 by Lawrence Alvin "Larry" Clopper III and Willem Meiners. It has been the subject of controversy because it has been accused of being a vanity press or author mill by some writers and authors' advocates despite its claims to be a "traditional" advance- and royalty-paying publisher. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_America]
+Publish America is a Maryland-based book publisher founded in 1999 by Lawrence Alvin "Larry" Clopper III and Willem Meiners. It has been the subject of controversy because it has been accused of being a [[Vanity Press|vanity press]] or author mill by some writers and authors' advocates despite its claims to be a "traditional" advance- and royalty-paying publisher. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_America]
 ==Services Offered==
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 ==Criticism==
-Critics argue that Publish America presents itself as a traditional house, but acts like a vanity publisher. Writers who contacted [http://www.publishersweekly.com Publisher's Weekly] in 2004 had complained that Publish America sells books to which it no longer holds the rights, offers authors only a 30% discount, doesn't pay royalties it owes, engages in slipshod editing and copyediting, sets unreasonable list prices (national average for a trade paperback is $16, PublishAmerica's is closer to $20 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24113-2005Jan20.html]), and makes little effort in getting books into bookstores. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA481863.html]  On average, data indicates Publish America sells less than 100 copies of each title. [http://www.critters.org/sting/]
+Critics argue that [[Publish America]] presents itself as a traditional house, but acts like a vanity publisher. Writers who contacted [http://www.publishersweekly.com Publisher's Weekly] in 2004 had complained that Publish America sells books to which it no longer holds the rights, offers authors only a 30% discount, doesn't pay royalties it owes, engages in slipshod editing and copyediting, sets unreasonable list prices (national average for a trade paperback is $16, PublishAmerica's is closer to $20 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24113-2005Jan20.html]), and makes little effort in getting books into bookstores. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA481863.html]  On average, data indicates Publish America sells less than 100 copies of each title. [http://www.critters.org/sting/]
 While Publish America doesn't charge for printing the books, it does require authors to provide a list of friends and family, and then markets to them heavily, according to the authors. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA481863.html]

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	Publish America is a Maryland-based book publisher founded in 1999 by Lawrence Alvin "Larry" Clopper III and Willem Meiners. It has been the subject of controversy because it has been accused of being a vanity press or author mill by some writers and authors' advocates despite its claims to be a "traditional" advance- and royalty-paying publisher. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_America]		Publish America is a Maryland-based book publisher founded in 1999 by Lawrence Alvin "Larry" Clopper III and Willem Meiners. It has been the subject of controversy because it has been accused of being a vanity press or author mill by some writers and authors' advocates despite its claims to be a "traditional" advance- and royalty-paying publisher. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_America]

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 ==Services Offered==
-Publish America pays a "small" (US$1 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_America]) advance to its authors, and claims that all expenses involved with acquiring, producing, manufacturing, and publishing a book. [http://www.publishamerica.com/facts/index.htm]
+Publish America pays a "small" (US$1 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_America]) advance to its authors, and claims to pay all the expenses involved with acquiring, producing, manufacturing, and publishing a book. [http://www.publishamerica.com/facts/index.htm]
 ==Official Site==

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 ==Criticism==
-Critics Argue that Publish America presents itself as a traditional house, but acts like a vanity publisher. Writers who contacted [http://www.publishersweekly.com Publisher's Weekly] in 2004 had complained that Publish America sells books to which it no longer holds the rights, offers authors only a 30% discount, doesn't pay royalties it owes, engages in slipshod editing and copyediting, sets unreasonable list prices (National average for a trade paperback is $16, PublishAmerica's is closer to $20 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24113-2005Jan20.html]), and makes little effort in getting books into bookstores [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA481863.html]. On average, data indicates Publish America sell less than 100 copies of each title [http://www.critters.org/sting/].
+Critics argue that Publish America presents itself as a traditional house, but acts like a vanity publisher. Writers who contacted [http://www.publishersweekly.com Publisher's Weekly] in 2004 had complained that Publish America sells books to which it no longer holds the rights, offers authors only a 30% discount, doesn't pay royalties it owes, engages in slipshod editing and copyediting, sets unreasonable list prices (national average for a trade paperback is $16, PublishAmerica's is closer to $20 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24113-2005Jan20.html]), and makes little effort in getting books into bookstores. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA481863.html]  On average, data indicates Publish America sells less than 100 copies of each title. [http://www.critters.org/sting/]
 While Publish America doesn't charge for printing the books, it does require authors to provide a list of friends and family, and then markets to them heavily, according to the authors. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA481863.html]
 ===Sting===
-In 2004, after a representative of Publish America made derogatory remarks about the genre of Science fiction, a host of well-known sci-fi writers, headed by James D Macdonald[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Nights] conspired to prove the publisher a vanity press. At the time, the house claimed to reject 80% of all manuscripts  submitted.
+In 2004, after a representative of Publish America made derogatory remarks about the genre of Science fiction, a host of well-known sci-fi writers, headed by James D Macdonald conspired to prove the publisher a vanity press.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Nights]  At the time, the house claimed to reject 80% of all manuscripts submitted.
-The result was a 41-chapter novel where each chapter was written by a separate author except for 17 (repeat of Chapter 4), Chapter 21 (missing), and Chapter 34 (written by the [http://www.critters.org/bonsai.html Bonzai Story Generator]). Authors worked from a loose outline that included an "it was all a dream" ending, and were encouraged to include "obvious grammatical errors and nonsensical passages". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Nights]
+The result was a 41-chapter novel where each chapter was written by a separate author, except for 17 (repeat of Chapter 4), Chapter 21 (missing), and Chapter 34 (written by the [http://www.critters.org/bonsai.html Bonzai Story Generator]). Authors worked from a loose outline that included an "it was all a dream" ending, and were encouraged to include "obvious grammatical errors and nonsensical passages". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Nights]
-The manuscript was accepted for publication on 7 December 2004 without comment, despite the claim made by PublishAmerica that "We read every single submission before we accept or refuse."
+The manuscript was accepted for publication on 7 December 2004 without comment, despite the claim made by Publish America that "We read every single submission before we accept or refuse."
 The Manuscript can be read here: [http://www.cs.du.edu/~aburt/StingManuscript.pdf Altanta Nights] (''Warning: PDF'')
-And the history (including the acceptance letter) is available at: [http://www.critters.org/sting/ The Critter's PublishAmerica page]
+And the history (including the acceptance letter) is available at: [http://www.critters.org/sting/ The Critter's PublishAmerica page].