Austin Macauley Publishers
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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 |
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. It publishes new and established authors.[1] The company publishes books in English and Arabic languages.[2]
Business model
[edit]The company operates what it calls a 'hybrid' publishing model,[3][failed verification] claiming to offer some 'traditional' contracts to prospective authors as well as 'contributory' contracts, in which the author pays a part of the publication cost.
Published authors
[edit]Authors published by the company have included:
- Austin Stevens[4]
- Carey Blyton[5]
- Tariq Anwar[6]
- Javaid Laghari[7]
- Maryam Saqer Al Qasimi[8]
- Ira David Wood III[9]
- Lawrence Salander[10]
- Oliver Friggieri[11]
- Bonita Lawrence[12]
- Simon May[13]
- Claire Liddell[14]
- Kevin Lueshing[15]
- Alexander Matthews[16]
Affiliations
[edit]Associated with Independent Publishers Guild (IPG)[17] Austin Macauley Publishers is a member of The Publishers Association.[18]
Controversy
[edit]Austin Macauley formerly appeared on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) 'Thumbs Down' Publishers List, which, according to the association, contains the companies "about which [they] have received the largest number of serious complaints".[19] More recently, in 2019, the Writer Beware blog (sponsored by the SFWA) reported that Austin Macauley was the vanity publisher which was the subject of the "most reports and questions", noting that the vast majority of deals involve the authors paying the company to have their book published, while the occasional "fee-free" contract offered to authors is "no bargain".[20] It was also discussed in a report by the Writers Guild of Great Britain and the Society of Authors, in which it was criticised for a lack of transparency regarding the cost to authors of publishing with the company.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lessions from leaders: Jade Robertson, International Publishing Director for Austin Macauley Publishers". Ceo Middle East. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ "Interview: Jade Robertson on Entering the Arabic Market at Sharjah Publishing City". Publishing Perspectives. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ "What is Hybrid Publishing? Here Are 4 Things All Writers Should Know | WritersDigest.com". WritersDigest.com. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "Austin Stevens". Archived from the original on 2018-03-11.
- ^ "Blyton RIP Carey". www.austinmacauley.com. 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "Anwar Tariq". www.austinmacauley.com. 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "Laghari Javaid". www.austinmacauley.com. 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "Maryam Saqer Al Qassimi, Author at Austin Macauley Publishers | UAE". Austin Macauley Publishers | UAE. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "Wood III Ira David". www.austinmacauley.com. 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "Salander Lawrence". www.austinmacauley.com. 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "Friggieri Oliver". www.austinmacauley.com. 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "Lawrence Bonita". www.austinmacauley.com. 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ "May Simon". www.austinmacauley.com. 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "Liddell Claire". www.austinmacauley.com. 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ "The Belt Boy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-12.
- ^ "Matthews Alexander". www.austinmacauley.com. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ "Meet the Member: Austin Macauley Publishers". Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ "The Publishers Association". Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ "WHAT HAPPENED TO WRITER BEWARE'S THUMBS DOWN LISTS?". SFWA. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ "Seven Prolific Vanity Publishers". [Writer Beware (sponsored by the SFWA). Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ "Is it a steal?" (PDF). WGGB The Writers Guild of Great Britain. The Writers Guild of Great Britain and Society of Authors. Retrieved 3 January 2023.