Hybrid · United Kingdom · founded 2012
Harbourstone Media
Also trades, or has traded, as Harbourstone Publishing.
Directory standing
Disputed
The publisher has formally responded and the matter is under review.
Was assessed as Caution over delayed royalty statements reported by five authors. The company has submitted a formal response with statement records covering the same period, and an editor is reviewing it against the reports on file. Disputed records that a review is in progress; it is not a finding either way.
Set by Ruth Kelleher ·
Why this standing? 2 documented items
- Company statement
Statement records supplied by the company
The company supplied dated statement records for the same period. Under review by an editor.
- Corroborated author report
Five reports of delayed royalty statements, 2024–2025
Five authors described statements arriving four to nine months after the contractual date.
What Harbourstone Media says
We do not accept the characterisation of our royalty reporting. Our statements for the 2024 and 2025 periods were issued within the contractual window in every case, and we have supplied the dated records to Authors Daily. Two of the authors concerned had provided bank details that failed validation, which delayed payment but not the statement. We have asked for the standing to be reassessed against those records and we are content for this response to stand alongside whatever conclusion is reached.
Submitted by Harbourstone Media, Managing Director · · published verbatim
Standing history (2)
CautionDisputed
Was assessed as Caution over delayed royalty statements reported by five authors. The company has submitted a formal response with statement records covering the same period, and an editor is reviewing it against the reports on file. Disputed records that a review is in progress; it is not a finding either way.
Ruth Kelleher
ListedCaution
Five authors reported royalty statements arriving between four and nine months late across 2024 and 2025.
Ruth Kelleher · right of reply requested
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- VerifiedContractedPaid $2,000 to $5,000
Submitting to this press was a straightforward experience. The terms were published on their site, the contract matched what was promised, and royalty reports arrive quarterly as scheduled. In my experience with Harbourstone Media, they handled communication professionally and contract clarity was excellent.