Do not do business with Prime Authors! Do not do business with Prime Authors! Searching the internet for a memoir publisher. I inadvertently contacted Prime Authors, Inc., believing it was Amazon’s Book Baby site. I spoke to Kevin Brown who, when asked if they were the Amazon company, said they market through Amazon. That’s technically true but didn’t answer my question. I got the “expiring discount” spiel and made a down payment of a “refundable” amount of $500 to hold the discounted rate. I later learned that I would not get physical books but they would provide editing, proofing, indexing and marketing of an e-book. This was not what I wanted, so I asked to drop out of their program. I got a sales pitch and finally we agreed to draft a binding contract to supply me with books and at a price competitive with Book Baby’s print-ready rate. Kevin actually produced a draft contract with all my requirements except it was attached to an email that stated I would owe $6490. In various conversations with Kevin (I was never assigned to an editing team) I have gotten estimates of cost ranging from $2,940 to 6,490. I got a huge run-around when I indicated that the contract, if negotiated, would only require me to pay a total of $1,000. I am certain they never intended to honor the contract.

Avoid this company like a plague Avoid this company like a plague. They are a marketing company fronting as a writing and publishing company. They make a lot of promises and do not deliver. If you have already paid them, try to get your money back through your credit card company. They are scammers, do not believe a word they say.

Stay clear of Prime Authors Prime Authors will keep saying that they will publish your book only if you pay them more money. It was frustrating dealing with this company, I would stay away from Prime Authors. I paid out thousands of dollars and still did not get my book published. When they called me back they said if I pay them $2000 more they will publish my book. I will not pay any more money, I guess I just wasted my money for nothing. I am real saddened by the whole thing.

Chad was very diligent Chad was very diligent at keeping me informed of the progress on the web-site development project and I was very happy with my interaction with him. The web site design that Prime Authors produced was adequate for my needs but not exceptional. The Prime Authors organization is rather opaque. Some of the web-hosting options that they offered were over-priced and I decided to find another web-hosting service.

Chad Smith was who I worked with on my… Chad Smith was who I worked with on my book. I was very pleased with his services. I thought he was very professional and helpful throughout the process.