I was somewhat disturbed, however, when a representative for a publisher called Greyden Press. I don't mean to sound alarmist, but I can't help thinking that a publisher who has to come searching for authors, authors that would pay them to publish... well... that just doesn't feel kosher to me.
So I went looking at Greyden Press from Dayton, OH. The domain is registered by one Jeffrey Relick, of Promatch Solutions. A POD (Print On Demand) printer.
A search for Greyden Press through the Better Business Bureau reveals one complaint, and Greyden did not respond (could not, in fact, be found for a response). Greyden's own site has a title proclaiming it in Dayton, yet the BBB lists it in Columbus, and with a disconnected number.
You know what? No thanks. Maybe this is a legitimate publisher, but I'm not going to pay someone if my work is at all able to stand on its own two feet. And there's some red flag flying going on here that I wouldn't put money in even if they could guarantee sales of my book. I'm not sure I would buy that guarantee, either.
I really don't think I could recommend them, either.
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