Stay away from Authors Solutions

Came across this article warning against the scams of Author Solutions (from Penguin Random House):
http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/author-solutions-steps-up-global-expansion-penguin-random-house-integration/#more-3575

 

Thanks for posting. Very good article.

 

Thanks for posting, Iris.

 

It's good to know Preditors and Editors is on the job:

 

I must have been in a cave not to see this one! Thanks Mckk for sharing - though it's pretty dismal stuff coming from a publisher as big as this.
Sign of the times or a one-off disaster?

 

My understanding is that more than one major publisher has this kind of imprint - business is business, I suppose, but I find it distasteful.