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| '''AuthorHouse''', formerly known as '''1stBooks''', is a ] based in the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=OLPB&s_site=theolympian&f_site=theolympian&f_sitename=Olympian%2C+The+%28WA%29&p_multi=OLPB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11021E7F2C7F0D60&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Prepare to laugh at essay collection|accessdate=2008-04-28|publisher=The Olympian, Seattle’s Daily Newspaper}}</ref> AuthorHouse provides self publishing and utilizes ] services.<ref name="Glazer">{{cite news | last = Glazer | first = Sarah | date = ], ] | title = How to Be Your Own Publisher | work = ] | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/books/review/24GLAZERL.html?_r=3&th&emc=th&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin }}</ref> Authorhouse has printed manuscripts by nearly 40,000 people. | '''AuthorHouse''', formerly known as '''1stBooks''', is a ] based in the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=OLPB&s_site=theolympian&f_site=theolympian&f_sitename=Olympian%2C+The+%28WA%29&p_multi=OLPB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11021E7F2C7F0D60&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Prepare to laugh at essay collection|accessdate=2008-04-28|publisher=The Olympian, Seattle’s Daily Newspaper}}</ref> AuthorHouse provides self publishing and utilizes ] services.<ref name="Glazer">{{cite news | last = Glazer | first = Sarah | date = ], ] | title = How to Be Your Own Publisher | work = ] | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/books/review/24GLAZERL.html?_r=3&th&emc=th&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin }}</ref> Authorhouse has printed manuscripts by nearly 40,000 people. | ||
| In August 2006, AuthorHouse was sentenced to pay $240,000 in ] as well as $230,000 in actual damage to romance author ] and her parents for publishing a book by her ex-husband that was ]ous of them. | |||
| == History == | |||
| 1stBooks was founded in ], ], in January 1997 by an aspiring author who had received more than 100 rejection letters from publishers; its first ] appeared in June of that year. In January 1999, it started using ] technology to produce paper books. By December 2001 it had published 350,000 books and by January 2004, 2 million books from 18,500 authors — an average of 110 copies per author — had been printed. In March 2004 the company changed its name to AuthorHouse. It opened an office in ], ] in May 2004. By December 2004 it had published more than 3 million books. In December 2005, AuthorHouse was nominated by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce for the Small Business of the Year Award.<ref name="iib">{{cite web | date = ], ] | title = Indiana Chamber Names Small Business of The Year | work = Inside INdiana Business | url = http://www.indianabusiness.com/excellence/news.html | accessdate = 2008-04-25 }}</ref> In October 2006, AuthorHouse won the Silver Award in Business excellence from ].<ref name="bkd">{{cite web | date = ], ] | title = 2005 BKD Indiana Excellence Awards Presented (Press Release) | work = BKD | url = http://www.bkd.com/docs/news/NzRel_IndyExclAwd2005-10-14.pdf | accessdate = 2008-04-25 |format=PDF}}</ref> | 1stBooks was founded in ], ], in January 1997 by an aspiring author who had received more than 100 rejection letters from publishers; its first ] appeared in June of that year. In January 1999, it started using ] technology to produce paper books. By December 2001 it had published 350,000 books and by January 2004, 2 million books from 18,500 authors — an average of 110 copies per author — had been printed. In March 2004 the company changed its name to AuthorHouse. It opened an office in ], ] in May 2004. By December 2004 it had published more than 3 million books. In December 2005, AuthorHouse was nominated by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce for the Small Business of the Year Award.<ref name="iib">{{cite web | date = ], ] | title = Indiana Chamber Names Small Business of The Year | work = Inside INdiana Business | url = http://www.indianabusiness.com/excellence/news.html | accessdate = 2008-04-25 }}</ref> In October 2006, AuthorHouse won the Silver Award in Business excellence from ].<ref name="bkd">{{cite web | date = ], ] | title = 2005 BKD Indiana Excellence Awards Presented (Press Release) | work = BKD | url = http://www.bkd.com/docs/news/NzRel_IndyExclAwd2005-10-14.pdf | accessdate = 2008-04-25 |format=PDF}}</ref> | ||
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AuthorHouse, formerly known as 1stBooks, is a vanity press based in the United States. AuthorHouse provides self publishing and utilizes print on demand services. Authorhouse has printed manuscripts by nearly 40,000 people.
In August 2006, AuthorHouse was sentenced to pay $240,000 in punitive damage as well as $230,000 in actual damage to romance author Rebecca Brandewyne and her parents for publishing a book by her ex-husband that was libelous of them.
1stBooks was founded in Bloomington, Indiana, USA, in January 1997 by an aspiring author who had received more than 100 rejection letters from publishers; its first e-book appeared in June of that year. In January 1999, it started using print on demand technology to produce paper books. By December 2001 it had published 350,000 books and by January 2004, 2 million books from 18,500 authors — an average of 110 copies per author — had been printed. In March 2004 the company changed its name to AuthorHouse. It opened an office in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom in May 2004. By December 2004 it had published more than 3 million books. In December 2005, AuthorHouse was nominated by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce for the Small Business of the Year Award. In October 2006, AuthorHouse won the Silver Award in Business excellence from BKD.
The California company Bertram Capital purchased AuthorHouse in 2007 from the previous owners, Gazelle TechVentures, who had owned AuthorHouse since 2002. Later that year, Betram established Author Solutions and acquired one of AuthorHouse's competitors - iUniverse - before relocating iUniverse's operations to Indiana in early 2008.
Notes and references
- "Prepare to laugh at essay collection". The Olympian, Seattle’s Daily Newspaper. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- Glazer, Sarah (April 24, 2005). "How to Be Your Own Publisher". The New York Times Book Review.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Indiana Chamber Names Small Business of The Year". Inside INdiana Business. July 2, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "2005 BKD Indiana Excellence Awards Presented (Press Release)" (PDF). BKD. October 14, 2005. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Milliot, Jim (September 9, 2007). "AuthorHouse acquires iUniverse". Publishers Weekly.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab". New York Times. January 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
In 2008, Author Solutions, which is based in Bloomington, Ind., and operates iUniverse as well as other print-on-demand imprints including AuthorHouse and Wordclay, published 13,000 titles, up 12 percent from the previous year.
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External links
- AuthorHouse - official site