Raven M.
GRAND PUBLISHERS? DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU’RE REALLY DEALING WITH?
Authors, beware! I paid Grand Publishers £1,500 for professional publishing services. They sent me my manuscript and asked me to sign it off as ready for print. Unfortunately, I found 737 corrections, documented in a separate 156-page report, with errors stretching from the prologue through Chapter 94. The formatting alone contained approximately five different fonts, with sizes ranging from 12 to 28. I eventually corrected the manuscript myself, reducing it by around 200 pages. When I complained about the mistakes, their response was that they would have done another proofread. Then why on earth were they asking me to sign it off as ready for print? Then they wanted my personal Amazon KDP and IngramSpark passwords. I asked who would have access and how my details would be protected. I received no satisfactory answers. My grandson once discovered he could order dinosaurs simply by asking Alexa. Parcels started arriving, with an enormous floppy snake being the last thing he ordered. When that arrived, we said, “Oh, hell no!” and put an end to his shopping spree! If I wouldn’t give my own grandson unrestricted access to my Amazon account, why on earth would I hand my passwords to strangers when I can’t even establish who they are or where they work? And believe me, I’ve looked! I’ve followed addresses from London to Morpeth, Glasgow and even Texas, and I still cannot verify where Grand Publishers actually operates from. Their London address, 71 Shelton Street, given on my contract, forms part of an address range publicly advertised for virtual-office and mailbox services, shared by numerous businesses. That’s a mailing address, not proof of where their publishing staff actually work. So who are they? Where are they? And if you can find their actual publishing offices, please tell me. I genuinely would love to know! My publishing package included marketing, yet I saw no evidence of advertising for my book. I handled that myself. Then came a proposal for another £6,000 for advertising. A number one bestseller? Dear, no. If my book gets anywhere, it’ll get there on its own merits. And these are the people I’m supposed to trust with my book sales and royalties? Not a cat in hell’s chance! I asked for a refund. I’m still waiting. Already using Grand Publishers? Check your sales records and your royalty statements. I have contracts, correspondence, payment records and extensive correction evidence available on request, including to Trustpilot. My advice? Avoid this company like the plague. Do your research before signing anything Evidence enquires crow and cauldron uk




