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Dear Author:
PublishAmerica will submit your book to Hollywood!
Most of you know very well that the quality of your story takes no back seat to any movie story you have seen over the past few years. How many of your readers have told you that your book should really be considered for film adaptation? And if they haven't, at least the thought must have crossed your mind.
PublishAmerica will submit your book to one of Hollywood's most successful studios. We will send your book to Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks for their consideration, five copies, so that more than one studio staffer gets a chance to read your work! DreamWorks has produced stars such as Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, and the Shrek cast. Their films have won numerous Oscars. Many of Hollywood's success movies are based on fiction or nonfiction books.
We're not waiting for Hollywood to ask for your book. We're donating it to them. And we will let your local newspaper, radio, or TV know that your book is being submitted to Hollywood. So they can put the spotlight on you as a local author.[...]
Don't bother!
In the UK at least, every major publishing house recieves a fairly high number of unsolicited works every week. these are not even looked at and, to recieve any form of reply is about 50/50. Even those works submitted by genuine, professional literary agents are often not even read. In fact, trying to find, and secure the services of a suitable agent is almost as difficult as getting published in the first place!
I'd also avoid the route of self-publishing, or 'vanity publishing', just to get into print. This can be done, normally by paying for the costs, but it is rare that these are recovered, let alone any profit made.
I had a fantastic review for a novel, from a publishing agent and a publisher. However, the company was not really the right one for my work, but they did provide an excellent reference for me to use via another firm. With this introduction, the work was sent to a well-known, international publisher for consideration. That was 14 months ago! I guess it hasn't even been read.
The fact that this company you are dealing with is asking for money up front suggests that is one way in which they make money, and although they might indeed send your MS to a film studio, unless they have a solid contact, with a genuine interst in new work, the likleyhood of anything actually coming out of this is very slim.
Of course, the final decision is yours, but to have to buy your own work in order to have it, hopefully, sent to a film company is not something I think I would rush out to do.
Unlike French publishers who don't give a sh*t about you unless you hire an agent.
Its a scam, dont do it...
I agree - scam. Why buy your own books? If they truly believe in the material they should be overjoyed to send it to Hollywood. Its a scam.
I don't know what is more frustrating, though... Realizing that I was dumb enough to fall in that "vanity publishing" trap, or realizing that because of this, my writing career is over before even taking off.
To quote a video game character : "Gooooodbye career !".