Austin Macauley Publishers

This company first said they wanted to publish my book, to say a few weeks later they wanted me to pay for it. I unwisely did and have not been receiving my royalties from my Amazon sales.

The cost from them was nearly the same, so I'd buy from Amazon and sign and resell my books. I've purchased a hundred books with no royalties from Amazon, only from them in the UK directly, which has been limited. I have referred countless others to Amazon to purchase, but have received no royalties from people who showed me the book they purchased. I don't know how many others have bought my book I have not been paid for.

Also, they butchered my manuscript after I hired my own freelance editor to revise it. They changed correct things to fit their British minds or something.

They made tons of extra work, and I never got it back right after they got a hold of it. I'd avoid, avoid, avoid.

An absolute scam. Gave me all the spiel to get me to sign, and the 7 days to pay them—designed to not let you think about it too long.

Every email was misread, and the illustrations given were cap cut or some cheap AI-generated rubbish. I asked them to stop sending me illustrations 6 times, and they just kept sending them unsolicited, nothing close to my idea. I asked 7 times to stop because I wished to cancel—ignored. Number 8 hit home, only for them to say the 7 odd illustrations will cost me 60% of my £2500!

The fact I kept telling them to stop didn't matter because they had done the work.

They will not listen and will just take your money. An absolute scam.

They never promoted my book and said I sold less copies than I did. Now they have discontinued my book but are not paying me my royalties despite my emails then multiple times. Terrible company

Austin macauley are a 5star publication organisation they work very hard to let first time authors to tell their story

My book 'Cornelius and Cedric's Woodland Adventure' went to print four months early from the initial publication date given. They made a very good job of the book, cover to cover.

Regularly in contact and wiling to answer my queries.

Very satisfied with the overall result. Thank you.

I seriously want people to join a class action to stop this fraud. I paid over $5,000 AUD for a contribution contract; the book was published and sold everywhere globally.

To date, no royalties have been paid to me. There's no transparency. AMP needs to pay me $10,000 US for reimbursement plus compensation if they want a resolution.

Let's join forces and expose this scam for trusting unsuspecting authors. My email is debray65@***.com.au

AMP are already aware of my intentions to bring a class action to shut down AMP, I have advised AMP many times.

This is more evidence I have been transparent and working towards a large group of victims.

This is evidence AMP continue to scam me and others from royalties etc.

This is evidence AMP dont take initiative to resolve their complaints.

No royalties have been paid to date and a false value would be paid if indeed it was paid.

They take your money and you never see any royalties.

They conduct zero marketing.

All lovely when you first sign a contract. Then forget it. They do nothing to promote your book.

Bunch of crooks.

The final version had numerous typos. The production team and marketing team were virtually impossible to work with.

They did not market the book to reviewers and audiences that would appreciate it, but rather sent out a pro-forma list of papers, booksellers, and libraries and received zero requests! They clearly lied to me about the potential for my book!

Took 5,300 English pounds to publish and market my book. In return they stopped me from making changes 8 months before publication and provided a 14 second YouTube video,7 seconds of which promoted their own company.

I wrote a reference book with 300 scholarly articles consulted but the insulting hooligans allowed a work of fiction description that I had to remove. They sold 1 copy for every 2 countries the book was available in.

They published my book at great cost few years ago. They don't care if the book sells or not. I wish I have read more about them, back then.

Firstly, it does not surprise me that Austin Macauley refused to read my review that you sent to them. They are cowards and they know their enterprise is shady.

I did receive my royalties, though - all 28 pounds. Coincidence? That would have no doubt dented their coffers. They also terminated my contract for complaining.

What a great business strategy: get the money, then get rid of the client. I have to emphasize again, this company is bad news. It advertises as a publishing company, admittedly, a hybrid one. You pay your $2,500, and then they have you.

There is no publishing involved - bare minimum marketing, your book is advertised on Amazon. They do not print any books in advance, only when a customer wants one, and then the customer has to wait weeks for a said book. The illustrations are shoddy. I had to edit the book myself three times.

Apparently, they have difficulty with the English language. They have no outlets to distribute your work. They need their arm twisted to pay you your royalties. The truth is, they have your money.

Job done! They know the market is saturated, mainly due to them. They couldn't care less if your book sells. Tell me, would you pay for a house that the builder had no idea how to attach a roof or windows?

No!

So, why should this company advertise as a publishing house when they have no intention or expertise to publish? (Granny with a bee in her bonnet)

Austin Macauley has an excellent marketing team that will make your book visible through websites that reach out to the public in over 40 countries! And, should you need illustrations for your book, their art department is phenomenal!