AuthorHouse
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| Parent company | Author Solutions |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Bloomington, Indiana |
| Publication types | Books |
| Fiction genres | Fiction, non-fiction, children's books |
| Official website | www |
AuthorHouse,formerly known as1stBooks,is aself-publishingcompany based in the United States. AuthorHouse usesprint-on-demandbusiness model and technology.[1]
History
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Originally called 1stBooks, the company was founded inBloomington, Indiana,United States, in January 1997. Its firste-bookappeared in June of that year. In January 1999, it started usingprint-on-demandtechnology to produce paper books. The AuthorHouse website states the company has published over 70,000 titles by 50,000 authors since 1997.[2]The company opened an office inMilton Keynes,United Kingdom, in May 2004. In October 2005, AuthorHouse was nominated by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce for the Small Business of the Year Award. AuthorHouse won the Silver Award under the Service industry category.[3]
The USinvestment groupBertram Capital purchased AuthorHouse in 2007 from Gazelle TechVentures, which had owned AuthorHouse since 2002. Later in 2007, Bertram establishedAuthor Solutionsand acquired AuthorHouse competitoriUniverse,[4]before relocating its operations to Indiana in early 2008.[5]
Brandewyne lawsuit
[edit]In August 2006, aKansas trial courtordered AuthorHouse to pay $240,000 inpunitive damageas well as $230,000 in actual damage to romance authorRebecca Brandewyneand her parents for publishing a book by her ex-husband that was "harmful" andlibelousof them. AuthorHouse was also ordered to pay $20,000 each to Brandewyne's parents for the damage. Although the court acknowledged that AuthorHouse employed abusiness modelthat placed a degree of responsibility for the content of works upon the authors, in this case it found that AuthorHouse had failed to act when it was informed that the book might include libelous content.[6]
References
[edit]- ^Glazer, Sarah (April 24, 2005)."How to Be Your Own Publisher".The New York Times Book Review.
- ^"How to Publish a Book, Get Published".AuthorHouse.com.RetrievedMarch 31,2016.
- ^"THE BKD Indiana Excellence Awards".Indianapolis Business Journal.March 22, 2006. Archived fromthe originalon May 9, 2008.RetrievedMarch 31,2016.
- ^"Author Solutions, Inc. completes acquisition of iUniverse".Bloomington, Indiana: Author Solutions, LLC. October 9, 2007. Archived fromthe originalon July 18, 2018.RetrievedMarch 31,2016.
- ^Rich, Motoko (January 27, 2009)."Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab".The New York Times.Archivedfrom the original on November 11, 2012.RetrievedJanuary 28,2009.
- ^Kirch, Claire (August 8, 2006)."AuthorHouse Ordered to Pay Up".Publishers Weekly.Archived fromthe originalon March 4, 2009.RetrievedNovember 8,2009.
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