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I signed a contract with LT…
I signed a contract with LT Publishers/Writing in October of 2023. At first I was receiving chapters to check for editing. I was not always pleased with their edits and worked with Jessica. They actually ended sentences with prepositions! Then there was a seven week delay where I heard from nobody, Finally in early January 2024 I began working with Alan. Most of the time I was satisfied with his work and he answered my questions. Every time he called me, it cost me money, and I told him that. I was charged with the ISBN number and copyright $500. Which as others have pointed out is free or lower in cost. The contract promised me that my book would be placed on ten websites; so far it is on Amazon only. I asked that my book be released in early October. It was not and caused me to lose the opportunity to sell any books at these events. Finally it was on Amazon. But I had no copies of my own. I paid LT $700 dollars for 50 copies -- paperback and hardback. Another person at LT often called me trying to get me to invest more money in marketing ideas. I did not do this, since I felt that I had already paid more money than I had planned. The ordered books have never arrived; neither have the five free books I was promised and as I said the book is not on the other websites as promised. When I first contacted LT it was through a chat on Bethany House Publishers. Angela told me they were a subsidiary of Bethany?? Is that true? I have no way of knowing. All phone calls to LT are "busy" No emails are answered since October 2024. And now their website is down. I do have a lovely book, but do not have my own copy, just those of others who have ordered it thru Amazon. The cover design was done by an artist friend. LT first attempt to give my main character a face was quite disappointing -- almost clownlike!! Find another publisher. I'm not sure where LT is!! K. Scott, Author of Luther's Rib -- From Waif to Wife -- Katherine von Bora