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Author Centrals

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NOT associated with Amazon or Amazon Publishing. Author Centrals / authorcentrals.com This is NOT Amazon! Amazon's author interface is called Author Central. This scammer actually calls itself "Author Central" on Facebook. Website is only 3 months old yet they claim, like other scammers here, to have already completed more than 1200 projects! LIARS! Website is registered in ICELAND like many of the scammers here. Per one of their victims who posted on WriterBeware.org, they have the same phone number as Kindle Direct Publishers / KDP Publis...

Set by Ruth Kelleher · 3 August 2026

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Corroborated author report04 Jul 2026
WritersWeekly Directory Warning & Evidence: Author Centrals
Author Centrals / authorcentrals.com This is NOT Amazon! Amazon's author interface is called Author Central. This scammer actually calls itself "Author Central" on Facebook. Website is only 3 months old yet they claim, like other scammers here, to have already completed more than 1200 projects! L...
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NOT associated with Amazon or Amazon Publishing. Author Centrals / authorcentrals.com This is NOT Amazon! Amazon's author interface is called Author Central. This scammer actually calls itself "Author Central" on Facebook. Website is only 3 months old yet they claim, like other scammers here, to have already completed more than 1200 projects! LIARS! Website is registered in ICELAND like many of the scammers here. Per one of their victims who posted on WriterBeware.org, they have the same phone number as Kindle Direct Publishers / KDP Publis...

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Total scam operation. They stole cover illustrations from another author's book and committed trademark infringement. Do not send them any money under any circumstances! In my experience with Author Centrals, they handled communication poorly and contract clarity was unsatisfactory.
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John Foster15 Apr 2025Worked with them Sept 2024 – Mar 2025Recommends: No0 found this helpful

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AVOID AT ALL COSTS! They took $8,000 for a publishing package and ghosted me completely. Phone numbers bounce and their address is a mail forwarding service. In my experience with Author Centrals, they handled communication poorly and contract clarity was unsatisfactory.

Communication: 1/5
Contract clarity: 1/5
Value for money: 1/5
Editing quality: 2/5
Design quality: 2/5
Distribution & reach: 1/5
Payment timeliness: 1/5

Anonymous author29 Mar 2025Worked with them Sept 2024 – Feb 2025Recommends: No0 found this helpful