Authors Sues Two ‘Predatory’ Publishers Over Unpaid Royalties

A group of 10 authors, with the help of the country’s largest organization representing writers, sued two “predatory” book publishers for failing to pay royalties and delaying providing royalty statements to the authors.

The complaint said Authors’ Place LLC and Motivational Press Inc. “employed different tactics to stymie their authors,” including ignoring and refusing their requests, and threatening the authors with destroying their books.

When the authors asked to reclaim their publishing rights, the publishers demanded arbitrary payments, according to the suit in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The suit was filed with the help ...