1, Report:
#1529614
Posted Date:
Nov 06 2023
Iuniverse Credited me with a premiere publishing package, but refused to honor the deal Bloomington Indiana
I was given a special offer from Iuniverse in 2020 for a premiere publishing package. The representative was very eager for me to submit my project, something I know now that was to just get me to purchase copies of my book. I continued to work on my book of poetry of next two yea...
Entity
Categories: Self-publishing (vanity press), Book Publishing
2, Report:
#1451283
Posted Date:
Jul 11 2018
radiuniverse.com On July/11/2018 i received my visa credit card statement and had not one but two(2) charges on bill,one was$0.36 and the other one was $56.81. I have never autherized this transaction,hell I have never even heard of this company before,so there for I am asking for help to get my money back an how to stop this from being charged to my card again. Can you please help. Thank you for your time and help. Respectfully CARSON Internet
On July 11,2018 I got my credit card statement from visa and found two charges on there that i never aplied for they are from a company I have never heard of before. This company is RADIUNIVERSE.COM*TESTE SAO PAULO. I sure do hope hope that you can help me and maybe advise as what t...
Entity
Categories: Credit card fraund
3, Report:
#1449427
Posted Date:
Jun 28 2018
IUniverse.com IUniverse is not good for authors. Internet scammers steal your money and don't deliver! Bloomington Indiana
I published my novel in 2012 with IUniverse.com. Ever since then, the largest royalty check I received was just over $3.00.
Yesterday I received a call from Marcus Castro, a marketing agent. He had great news for my book, and had invited me to attend a Hollywood Pitchfest, which...
Entity
Categories: Self Published book
4, Report:
#1443507
Posted Date:
May 18 2018
radiuniverse.com.saq paulo they took out money of my account with out permission $57.95
I did not give permission for the money to come out of my account.
Entity
Categories: Payment processing
6, Report:
#1435314
Posted Date:
Mar 21 2018
RadiUniverse Netflix Leiden Technology DO False advertising Sao Paulo
I answered an add for Netflix, advertising an annual fee of $1.00 for unlimited movies. When I used my debit card for the one dollar I was immediately switched to a new website for online music. There was a selection for canceling subscription. I checked my bank account and there wa...
Entity
Categories: Fraud
7, Report:
#1435268
Posted Date:
Mar 21 2018
Author Choice Press, an imprint of iUniverse, Inc. IUniverse published my book, The Writers and Politics since 2005. I have not received any royalty from them except today when a royal of 81 cents was mailed to me. The mailer is called Content Distributor Inc.1663 S. Liberty Drive, Indianapolis, IN 47403. Their phone number is 812-339-0000. I would like to know if they have been ripping me off for over a decade, and sending me only 81 cents in 2018. They do not pay my royalty for ten years, since 2005. Indianapolis Indiana
They published my book since 2005 and no royalty is paid until now when they send me 81 cents, through their distributors, called Content distributors in Indianapolis.
Entity
Categories: RIP-OFF, Book Publishers
8, Report:
#1202793
Posted Date:
Jan 19 2015
AuthorHouse AuthorSolutions, iUniverse In violation of RICO laws for racketeering in the USA Bloomington Indiana
This company presented as a wonderful asset for the first half of my experience: hard working minions in the Philipines, most likely being paid nothing and working 14 hours a day. It then progressed to total rip off:
Pressure to sell me books while telling me I would get only a fe...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
9, Report:
#1195965
Posted Date:
Dec 17 2014
iUniverse/Author House Company does not respond with full sales figures. Bloomington Indiana
I published my book, Vlad Dracula, The Dragon Prince, with iUniverse in December 2004. At first, everything went smoothly. Sales were steady enough that I was entered into iU's STAR program. I purchased a marketing program from them for several hundred dollars, in which they c...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
10, Report:
#996548
Posted Date:
Jan 14 2013
Iuniverse AuthorHouse, Other ? Betrayal, Deception, Theft of Intellectual Property, Fraud, Monetary Theft, Psychological Trauma and Pain Internet
In 2007 I had three books published via IUniverse - a company that worked with me via the Internet and phone calls - through the completion of each manuscript / book - with everything relatively easy to access via thier site up until that point. Once sales began, however, I co...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
11, Report:
#992703
Posted Date:
Jan 07 2013
iUniverse.com deceptive marketing; dishonest Bloomington, Indiana
Recommend avoiding this online publisher that issues inflated, undeliverable marketing promises at exhorbitant prices, does not send royalties,and apparently did not report income to IRS [when I reported publishing my book and financial data, iUniverse sent me a stern letter asking ...
Entity
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
12, Report:
#983398
Posted Date:
Dec 17 2012
Orly Hadida Orly the Mathcmaker Matchmaker Scam revealed Beverly Hills, California
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/may/31/local/me-match31
LA TIMES REPORT ON ORLY THE MATCHMAKER
Woman Gets $2 Million in Matchmaker Lawsuit
She paid $125,000 to a Beverly Hills firm but said she received no introductions to appropriate men.
May 31, 2006|Jessica Garrison | ...
Entity
Categories: Dating Services
13, Report:
#955853
Posted Date:
Oct 16 2012
Xlibris iUniverse DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY SELF-PUBLISHING WITH XLIBRIS! , Internet
Xlibris is the biggest fraud of a company that I ever had the misfortune to engage. In the past nine months, I have been shuffled between Author Services Representatives all promising that my books would be published soon. My first ASR Cherry Bates left the company, and no one even ...
Entity
Categories: Book Publishers
14, Report:
#955342
Posted Date:
Oct 15 2012
Iuniverse has ripped me off in every area of my book. From reporting known sales and report to IRS. Internet
Iuniverse is nothing but a rip-off company. They sent an amount to the IRS that did not not match my sales and then took 28% off of the amount that they owed me of which I did not give them permission. Second I paid to have 100,000 e-mails sent out and according to them I did...
Entity
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
15, Report:
#935241
Posted Date:
Aug 31 2012
iUniverse Self Publishing PSA: Jill Serinas Unauthorized publication of my book, will not report sales stats of book on my- myumiverse account. Internet
After paying iUniverse's editorial team (AUTHOR HOUSE) they destroyed my book in all it's form. Bad grammar, connected words and spaced apart words throughout.
Their process is to (after editing) send you a internal book block. The AUTHOR is to make changes &...
Entity
Categories: Book Publishers
16, Report:
#889155
Posted Date:
Jul 03 2012
iUniverse Lack of accurate sales data resulting in low royalty payments and lackluster sales status/programs Internet
iUniverse has been ripping me off since I published my book in 2007. They have failed to, or intentionally have not, accurately tracked my online and in-store (Barnes & Noble) book sales.
Their Star Program requires a certain amount of retail books to be sold, which I a...
Entity
Categories: Book Publishers
17, Report:
#889028
Posted Date:
May 27 2012
iuniverse iuniverse/authorhouse II got screwed over Internet, Internet
Thank you...for all the positive emails I received after filing my complaint against iuniverse/authorhouse. Keep them coming...Christopher Iuniverse actually contacted me to resolve my issues to no avail, of course.&n...
Entity
Categories: Book Publishers
18, Report:
#849232
Posted Date:
Mar 06 2012
Iuniverse Author Solutions Inc. I have proof that Iuniverse doesn't report royalties correctly, and that they are going to rip you off and take there time by redirecting your phone calls, misinforming you of tech issues etc. Please Internet
Iuniverse is a complete rip off, and will not pay you for your royalties on books sold. They do not account for all book sales, and I have documentation of their miss representation. Please beware and get involved with a class action lawsuit. If you have sold bo...
Entity
Categories: Book Publishers
19, Report:
#506357
Posted Date:
Jun 01 2011
Authorhouse I haven't received royalties from AuthorHouse inspite of the fact that I'm finding my book all over the web and being sold overseas even. Internet
I saw another report here on the Ripoff report about AuthorHouse that was similar to my same complaint against the company. Now I had a book published with them back in 2005 called 'Mound Bayou'. At first I was taking their word for it that no copies of the book had been sold for I ...
Entity
Categories: Book Publishers
20, Report:
#717768
Posted Date:
Apr 15 2011
iUniverse Author House - AuthorHouse - Xlibris - Bertram Capital Management - Author Solutions - Trafford Publishing - Wordclay DANGER! BEWARE! FRAUD! and let's not forget CLASS ACTION Internet
I sat in the Bada Bing today and thought about this awful situation for a long time. The corporate officers and certain employees of these entities deserve to be pictured in handcuffs on the front page of every significant newspaper in the world, and featured on ...
Entity
Categories: Book Publishers
21, Report:
#707410
Posted Date:
Mar 17 2011
iUniverse I published with iUniverse and never heard anything about my book royalties or anything at all... ever.... , Internet
I published with iUniverse back in 2000 and did a 15 minute radio talk show about my book but never ever heard anything about my royalties... I have tried several attempts at trying to find out about this matter and keep getting the run around from one person to the next... It has b...
Entity
Categories: Book Publishers
22, Report:
#672744
Posted Date:
Dec 17 2010
AuthorHouse Iuniverse AuthorHouse is a money-laundering scam that was found guilty of fraud in a US Court Bloomington, Indiana
AuthorHouse formerly 1st Books, is a notorious vanity publisher. This company is a bogus scam and was found guilty by a US circuit judge in 2006 of committing fraud. Do not give this company your money, they have appalling distribution, inept management, fraudulent accounting practi...
Entity
Categories: Book Publishers
23, Report:
#612186
Posted Date:
Jun 09 2010
iuniverse POD company steer clear of this company if you want to get published---not unpublished!!! bloomington, Indiana
I am the author of THE OAKLAND COUNTY TRAGEDY. A book about a terrible crime of arson that claimed the lives of five children who happened to have been my neighbors for years. The purpose of the book is to expose the truth about what actually happened at that home, and the fact...
Entity
Categories: Book Publishers
24, Report:
#510146
Posted Date:
Oct 16 2009
Americaint Americaint-advertising company, did not do a one mil e-mail out, would not send proof of anything Fort Lauderdale, Florida
I hired them to do a one milllion e-mail mail out for a book I wrote and they said they did. I ask them to have one of my e-mail address' in the mail out. I received nothing, and I sent 3 more address to them due to the fact they said my yahoo address would not work due to yaho...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
25, Report:
#493842
Posted Date:
Sep 12 2009
IUniverse Self Publishing Company - iUniverse, Inc., a Delaware corporation Cancelled my contract after publishing, removed my book from internet, kept my money, never paid royalties, misrepresented their abilities, scam Bloomington , Indiana
I published my book, Better Not Bitter, with iUniverse. They were incompetent from the start and clearly a scam. They're there to take your money and deliver nothing.
You can never reach your PSA, no one answers the phone, the services promised are embarr...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers