AuthorHouse

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AuthorHouse
Parent company
Author Solutions
StatusActive
Founded1997
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationBloomington, Indiana
Publication typesBooks
Fiction genresFiction, non-fiction, children's books
Official websitewww.authorhouse.com/en Edit this at Wikidata

AuthorHouse, formerly known as 1stBooks, is a

print-on-demand business model and technology.[1]

History

AuthorHouse Solutions

Originally called 1stBooks, the company was founded in

print-on-demand technology to produce paper books. The AuthorHouse website states the company has published over 70,000 titles by 50,000 authors since 1997.[2] The company opened an office in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, in May 2004. In October 2005, AuthorHouse was nominated by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce for the Small Business of the Year Award. AuthorHouse won the Silver Award under the Service industry category.[3]

The US investment group Bertram Capital purchased AuthorHouse in 2007 from Gazelle TechVentures, which had owned AuthorHouse since 2002. Later in 2007, Bertram established Author Solutions and acquired AuthorHouse competitor iUniverse,[4] before relocating its operations to Indiana in early 2008.[5]

Brandewyne lawsuit

In August 2006, a

libelous of them. AuthorHouse was also ordered to pay $20,000 each to Brandewyne's parents for the damage. Although the court acknowledged that AuthorHouse employed a business model that placed a degree of responsibility for the content of works upon the authors, in this case it found that AuthorHouse had failed to act when it was informed that the book might include libelous content.[6]

References

  1. ^ Glazer, Sarah (April 24, 2005). "How to Be Your Own Publisher". The New York Times Book Review.
  2. ^ "How to Publish a Book, Get Published". AuthorHouse.com. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  3. ^ "THE BKD Indiana Excellence Awards". Indianapolis Business Journal. March 22, 2006. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  4. ^ "Author Solutions, Inc. completes acquisition of iUniverse". Bloomington, Indiana: Author Solutions, LLC. October 9, 2007. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  5. ^ Rich, Motoko (January 27, 2009). "Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
  6. ^ Kirch, Claire (August 8, 2006). "AuthorHouse Ordered to Pay Up". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2009.

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