Austin Macauley Publishers
Austin Macauley Publishers Limited is a British publishing company, with offices in London, New York and Sharjah. The company was founded in 2006 and publishes fiction and non-fiction books.
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Status | Active |
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Founded | 2006 |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | London |
Distribution | United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada |
Publication types | Books |
Official website | www |
Business model
It operates what it calls a 'hybrid' publishing model,[1] claiming to offer some 'traditional' contracts to prospective authors as well as 'contributory' contracts, in which the author pays the cost of publication.
Controversy
Austin Macauley is flagged with a Watchdog Advisory warning in a comparative list of self-publishing services published by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), citing concerns about 'Value, Service, Communication' and 'Transparency'. In the list, Watchdog Advisory warnings are given about services 'which fail to align with [ALLi's] Code of Standards, receive consistent complaints and, in some cases, have been subject to legal action.'[2]
Austin Macauley also appears on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America 'Thumbs Down' Publishers List, which, according to the association, contains the companies ''about which [they] have received the largest number of complaints over the years, or which [they] consider to pose the most significant hazard for writers".[3]
Recognition
Publisher Weekly named Austin Macauley one of the fastest growing independent publishers in 2018.[4]
Affiliations
Associated with Independent Publishers Guild (IPG)[5] Austin Macauley Publishers is a member of The Publishers Association.[6]
References
- "What is Hybrid Publishing? Here Are 4 Things All Writers Should Know | WritersDigest.com". WritersDigest.com. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- "Best and Worst Self-Publishing Services Reviewed & Rated". Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi). Retrieved 2019-09-02.
- "THUMBS DOWN PUBLISHERS LIST". SFWA. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- "Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2018". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
- "Meet the Member: Austin Macauley Publishers". Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- "The Publishers Association".