Comments on: New Concepts Publishing Under Heat by Authors

By: Debbie Wallace

Debbie Wallace — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:16:14 +0000

I finally received the rights back to two of my books, 4 months late and several emails later. However, they removed the books from their site as soon as the contracts were over. Just one more to go!

They were a good company once and it’s really too bad they’ve come to this. They had a good thing going and ruined it for everyone.

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By: Angela James

Angela James — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:55:25 +0000

Fictionwise gets 50% of the sale price of the book, plus the first $15. of the royalties paid to the publisher.

This amount will actually differ from publisher to publisher and what contract terms (if any) the publisher has with them.

Remember, too, that Fictionwise puts the titles on sale with a 15% discount for the first week, and then offers customers various other discounts during the year.

Additionally, discounts should come from Fictionwise’s share, not the publisher’s, again depending on the contract.

By: Lucynda

Lucynda — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:36:18 +0000

Fictionwise gets 50% of the sale price of the book, plus the first $15. of the royalties paid to the publisher. A book has to earn over $30 for the publisher to be paid. Remember, too, that Fictionwise puts the titles on sale with a 15% discount for the first week, and then offers customers various other discounts during the year. Fictionwise pays quarterly, 45-60 days at the end of a traditional calendar quarter.

By: Robin Bayne

Robin Bayne — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:08:25 +0000

Bumping this thread up to let everyone know more authors have been added to their “Public Notice” of released authors, including me.

http://www.newconceptspublishing.com/publicnotice.htm

By: Cher Gorman

Cher Gorman — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:57:36 +0000

This comment is in regard to New Concepts Publishing.

They published one of my novels as an e-book in June 2006. This book reached #25 on Fiction Wise. I have yet to see any royalties from sales on Fiction Wise. I have received a total of “3″ royalty statements from them since my book was released. My repeated attempts to contact them through snail mail and e-mail have been met with silence. I called their office and was met with a voice mail message. I did not choose to leave a message. What would be the point?

I live in Colorado but since they are located near Valdosta, Ga I contacted the Georgia Attorney General’s office and was told to contact the Georgia Office of Consumer Affairs. They told me they handle non consumer transactions on the retail level and that I should contact an attorney in Georgia to go after them. Unless I can go together with other authors who have had similar treatment from NCP the cost would mean thousands of dollars I don’t have to spend. I fear my book is lost. Granted it isn’t the greatest book every written but it’s my story and I deserve payment for the sales. I have no way of knowing which sites they have sent it to for download other than Fiction Wise. I don’t know at this point exactly how many copies have been sold on the NCP site or on Fiction Wise. I do know they have huge two page ads in RT every month that are quite costly. The money is coming from somewhere and I fear it’s from author royalties. I’m going to make one more at tempt to contact them through a certified letter and see what happens.

I also e-mailed Fiction Wise in hopes of determining how many copies have sold from their site. I e-mailed RWA and Romantic Times Book Reviews as well.

Anyone reading this e-mail who is considering sending their work to NCP I strongly caution you to reconsider.

Cher Gorman
http://www.chergorman.com

By: Kristi Ahlers

Kristi Ahlers — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:55:42 +0000

Kristina~
I totally have to agree with you. I haven’t made it to the big leagues yet…but I’m working hard to meet my goal. Eventually I’ll be there along with the rest of you! LOL!

I think “formula books” have taken a hard rap and one that is not deserved. Let’s face it…there is a formula to writing. Point a to b to c. That’s the nature of the biz. Plus it doesn’t do well to bad-mouth the industry. This world is sooo small, word gets out and then it’s all that much harder to succeed.

And for what it’s worth…I’ve enjoyed your formula stories. LOL!!!
Kristi~

By: Laura Stephens

Laura Stephens — Sun, 25 May 2008 03:03:08 +0000

I have just spent the last four hours or so reading all the comments about NCP…wow. Just… wow. I’m not published yet, but as I get closer to finishing a manuscript, I’ve been doing research on different e-houses (is that the correct term?) as well as your traditional houses. I stumbled upon NCP and will now stay far, far away from them thanks to all that I’ve read here and on other blogs. It is absolutely deplorable what NCP is doing to their authors and their readers. Why in the WORLD you would mistreat the people that would make your business successful is beyond me. As a small business owner, I can’t fathom doing that to my clients – I build author websites, so mistreating them would just be ridiculous as I intend to be an author myself. Doesn’t make sense. Even if the owners of NCP are writers themselves, why would you mistreat a fellow author?

On that note about websites, and this is just my personal view… I’ve been to other e-houses who’s websites make me, as a reader, want to come back because they care about the quality of it. It may sound silly, but it tells me that hey, they care about their authors and what they do, too… so, if NCP weren’t in dire straits (as they seem to be now…), they should consider hiring a professional to redo their site as well as one to handle their legal problems!

Last about cover art… anyone who needs a cover artist for a book they are trying to self-publish because of this fiasco, let me know. I’m all for helping my fellow author friends. :)

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By: Karen Scott

Karen Scott — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:01:33 +0000

Sorry but I find this site to contain a bunch of negative crap…definitely not to my liking. Not particularly helpful just a lot of whining and bitching as far as I can see.

What on earth are you doing here then?

I’m guessing that either you’re a fan of TG, or you’re a new author at NCP.