Maine Authors Publishing & Cooperative

The staff of Maine Authors Publishing are very nice and they are very capable technically. But beware of the hidden costs of working with them, including an annual fee of $225, required even when your book sales fall over time. In addition, they have an inadequate company tax reporting system, which can cost you hundreds of dollars more. This is due to the fact that M.A.P. charges authors for book printing up front. They reimburse these printing costs at the time of sale, book by book. The problem comes at tax time when M.A.P. files its IRS 1099 MISC form. They report the total dollar amount they pay out to authors as royalties, even though the lion's share of these checks are printing cost reimbursements. They then leave it to you to claim "business expenses." But good luck with t

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Very informative to the upcoming author

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