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Jigeesha Gupta
Jul 18, 2023
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Fraud Company and completion running

Website:www.bookleafpub.com

I participated in a 21 days writing challenge and paid 49 gbp in the month of October. I have been waiting over 9 months to get my book published. The whole company is a fraud working on the believes of young writer and stealing their work....
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Siddhi Ganatra
Apr 5, 2023
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No royalty received. Fraudsters!!!

Website:www.bookleafpub.com

I participated in the 21 day writing challenge wherein i was promised publishing of the book and royalty payment annually.
Its been more than a year those fraudsters haven't paid my promised payment.
They mentioned in the agreement that annually I'll get paid but it seems that fraud company keeps coming up with "new policies" to avoid the royalty payments of the published writers.
Even stopped giving reply to the emails.br...
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Jann Tee
Mar 1, 2023
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Fraudulent activity

Address:BookLeaf Publishing 260 Madison Avenue, 8th floor, New York, NY 10016, USA
Website:www.bookleafpub.com

The above company have taken my money to publish my work. A poetry book I received notification on 3rd Jan To approve this work. I have heard nothing I have written to them no response. I have just seen they are fraudulent. I am mortified. My poetry is precious and I want to be sure they cannot use it at all. Below is my communications.
Great, thank you.

On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 at 14:59, Janet Erlam wrote:
I have...
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Jann Tee
Mar 1, 2023
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Publication

Address:BookLeaf Publishing - 260 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Website:www.bookleafpub.com

I paid £50 to do a poetry book with this company. I got an email to approve my work in 4rd January heard nothing since, I have written No response.Greetings Writer,

Thank you for your appreciable patience.

Hey, I am Arushi and I will be your Publishing Consultant. You can connect with me anytime and I assure a reply at the earliest possible.

PFA the print proof of your manuscript and the covers....
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siraadhussien
Sep 25, 2022
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Royalties and payment

I have been told that I will get my royalties yearly. It has been a year since my book came back and I haven’t gotten anything. Also, the lack of communication is really annoying ....
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Holaengland
Aug 10, 2022
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Book removed from Amazon

They published my book and it was for sale on Amazon but it then disappeared without any explanation. I have now contacted them three times to ask them to relist it and they have given no satisfactory explanation as to why it is not there or when I can expect it back up. The original contract said I would receive royalties monthly and they now say it will be yearly. I would like my money back as I am no longer able to market my book....
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Jul 7, 2022
Resolved
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Payment not received, lack of communication, removal of publishing

Address:New Airport Rd, Parray Pora, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190005
Website:www.bookleafpub.com

I completed the #writeyourheartout poetry challenge back in May 2021, where I also included a copy of my own front and back cover which I attached to this email. When it was published in september, I was not consulted regarding the changes to the back cover prior to publishing, specifically the double ISBN on the author photo and in the bottom left, as well as the seemingly formatting colour error in the top left. I have attached these and...
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Jun 16, 2022
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Fraudulent Writing/Publishing Contest

Address:P.O Paathshala Marg, Padam Nagar, Swami Dayanand Colony, Sarai Rohilla, New Delhi, India -110007
Website:www.bookleafpub.com

I entered a writing contest through this company, and have had nothing but trouble since. My submission was submitted on time and supposedly received, but the "leaderboard" for winners to be published closed before my submission was even reviewed! I know this because of the answer I got from a help ticket. Sadly, this is the last communication I ever received from them. I have submitted multiple other help tickets to find out what happened...
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AmandaSmith
May 30, 2022
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Royalties not recieved

Website:www.bookleafpub.com

They published my book in January 2022. People have purchased my book, but I have not received royalties. I messaged them a few times asking about royalties and when they would be paid to me, and I have had no responses back.
I entered a poetry write-a-thon with the company and paid to be part of it. They were responsive with all my questions during the publishing process, but now that they published it, I have heard nothing.
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Bookleaf is a SCAM
May 15, 2022
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Took my money, stopped replying now demanding more money

I've recently reached out to the company to follow up on the status of my book. They responded to let me know that I have to pay them more money or they refuse to publish the book because so much time has passed. However, I emailed them twice, once in March and once in April to follow up and got zero replies.

These people will just take your money, ignore your emails, waste your time and then refuse to deliver on the final...
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Megan Mckinley
Apr 14, 2022
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March 2022 Readathon

Website:Bookleafpublishing.freshdesk.com

I completed the March 19-April 8th 2022 read a thon and the leaderboard has yet to be posted and finding out that previous read a thons have been done and they’ve never received their awards or having the leaderboard posted. I’m starting to feel like I was scammed and I’m disappointed....
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Ajayvardhansingh
from JAIPUR, Rajasthan
Mar 19, 2022
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Published book without informing

I participated in the 21 days of Writing Challenge by paying INR 1999 and I submitted my 21 poems and then I asked them to take my 10 more poems they denied first then said you have to pay INR 2999, which I did, which includes (illustration services, book design services, editing and other services too). Now, comes the real challenge, the book cover design was okay, when it comes to illustration, formatting of the book and editing, they were...
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Chithralekha Varatharajan
Mar 8, 2022
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Cheating in the name of publishing book

Website:bookleafpub.in

BookLeaf Publishing advertised regarding a writeathon competition for a registration fee of Rs. 1500. The rules of the competition is we need to write 21 poems and submit. They mentioned that they will publish the poem as a book in delhi metro and amazon platforms or even if it is not selected for publishing, everyone who has registered with Rs. 1500 will get an award for submitting the poems. I paid the said amount and registered. I wrote...
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Mayuri42
Feb 22, 2022
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I have participated in a readathon and haven't received the promised reward after its completion

I had registered for a readathon for INR 1500 as a 21-days reading challenge. It was mentioned that on the completion of the readathon they will distribute a trophy as well as a book set with a stand depending on the leaderboard. But there is no response even after getting the address. I can't raise any complaint. Also there is no update on the leaderboard....
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AnneGo
Feb 3, 2022
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Royalties and publishing rights

Address:India
Website:www.bookleafpub.com

They are scammers!!
My book have been published since October 2021. They refused to pay me the royalties and refund the fee for a marketing service that was suppose to be free. Is there a way to get back my publishing rights?!! They keep Making changes without warning me. Postponing stuff they owe as I am living with them. I want to cancel my contract with them I don't mind my book not being sold anymore. I want the to pay me what...
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Sophystra
Dec 8, 2021
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No royalties received

Website:Bookleafpub.com

A scam company. They work with you until they getting all your intellectual property, let you sell the book and then keep your royalties. Do not work with them....
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Shreyasehgall
Nov 18, 2021
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Breach of contract/no replies to emails

Website:www.bookleafpub.in

I participated in the 21 day writing challenge with bookleaf publishing. I entered into a legally binding agreement where they promised me that they will publish the book at the end of the challenge. I have fulfilled all the requirements, paid the money $50 AUD but I don’t receive replies from this company or their CEO. I tried reaching out to the supposed CEO of this publishing house and he chose to say that they will refund the money...
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