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Adelaide Books: A Watchdog Advisory

The most vital obligation a publisher has is to provide timely and accurate statements, and to pay royalties without delay. The Watchdog Desk has received multiple complaints about late or missing statements from Adelaide Books. In several instances, authors stated that no payment was ever received.

Pearson Media Group: A Watchdog Advisory

Prolific spammer Pearson Media Group boasts of their expertise and connections, but like much about the company, these claims ring false.

June 10, 2021
John Doppler
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Watchdog
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Waldorf Publishing: A Watchdog Advisory

Waldorf Publishing's worrying decline is compounded by its attempts to extract money and dubious legal concessions from its authors.

February 11, 2021
John Doppler
Watchdog
4 Comments

ALLi Watchdog Report: How Audible and ACX Betrayed Authors

Audible's Easy Exchange program has turned the platform into a lending library, funded with royalties seized from authors.

Watchdog Advisory: Octa Group

A devious and prolific impostor is targeting indie authors with cookie cutter businesses. Meet Octa Group and its endless aliases.

Watchdog Advisory: Bookplate Press

The owners of Dog Ear Publishing are apparently attempting to evade angry authors by assuming a new identity: Bookplate Press.

Watchdog Advisory: Blasty

ALLi's Watchdog Desk has received over twenty complaints of Blasty failing to respond to customer service inquiries, failing to honor cancellation requests, and continuing to charge customer credit cards and bank accounts after cancellation. Some complainants felt they had no other recourse than to cancel their credit cards, or file fraud claims with their banks.

Watchdog Advisory For Dog Ear Publishing

Watchdog Alert: Dog Ear Publishing

Dog Ear Publishing's failure to pay royalties and refusal to respond to inquiries warrants our most severe level of caution, the Watchdog Advisory.