BookSurge (Amazon company)

This might become the blog of horrors because it seems like every day I come across another story of an author given disservice by their publisher. I recognize that publishers who are paying the upfront costs can only budget in so much for each author but those who are paid handsomely for printing should be more on the ball.

I finished reading a book recently for my reviews blog and it had an interesting plot line and even though the conversations seemed forced and slightly unrealistic, still flowed well. The problem was the formatting ended up atrocious! While every mistake may not have been the printer's I doubt very much a man with a PhD would insert a new paragraph in the middle of a sentence every 10 pages. When will these printing companies (they aren't really publishers in my mind) get on the ball and at least LOOK at the manuscript before printing and wasting people's money? I'm half tempted to contact the author and recommend he demand a reprint of all his book if not sue for wasted time and resources for such a mess!

I wish there was some way to get the point across to publishers that just because the author is self-published doesn't mean that they can slack and turn out inferior work then blame it on a computer glitch or something.

Obviously, I suggest staying away from Booksurge unless you get some sort of clause guaranteeing a reprint if the formatting is deviated from the manuscript sent to them. Let's hold these printers liable!