My experience with was a costly .As a matter of policy, AuthorHouse won't disclose the royalty rate it will pay authors or the estimated publication cost of a book, even when asked directly.

Royalty rates can't be found on their website and employees wouldn't disclose them when I asked. I was told by AuthorHouse that this type of basic information cannot be provided until after your book is formatted. HERE IS THE CATCH: buried in Schedule A of the AuthorHouse contract is a that says the author is responsible for 75% of the publishing package you signed up for once formatting STARTS! Only after the formatting began was I told the royalty rate was LESS than 10% (for comparison, this is not even half of what CreateSpace offers) and the book's price (which AuthorHouse sets) was so much higher than its competitors it made the book unmarketable.

Other publishing companies will provide you an estimated price and an estimated royalty BEFORE you sign up.

AuthorHouse, on the other hand.requires you commit to 75% of the deal before telling you the bad--and costly--news. 316bbbf

• royalty rate
• AuthorHouse contract
• costly nightmare