Whispers Publishing
Evaluated 25^th of September 2011  

Updated in italic on 1st of October 2011 following mail exchange with their CEO Dawn Carrington, reacting to original review (indeed responsive :-).

Reported as responsive and professional but with low sales. Both Facebook and youtube account relatively new, so this might impact sales, let’s hope…

CEO reports that information about low sales no longer accurate

A. Genres:

Romance, science fiction, fantasy, paranormal, and general fiction

B. Service offered

1. Editing: No Data – Yes
2. Book cover:  Yes
3. Formatting:  Yes
4. ISBN:  No Data
5. Marketing: Yes
6. Affiliates: No
7. Distribution: Yes

C. Terms and Conditions

1. Advances: No
2. Royalties: 40% of gross on site 40% of net third party sites (unconfirmed)
3. Copyrights granted: No Data – Our standard contract is for all rights since we actively pursue sales of those rights; however, we will always negotiate with any author that wants to reserve rights with the exception of digital rights, of course. We’ve just recently started putting some of our interracial romances into anthologies which is another reason we buy print rights, but, again, we have had authors who have negotiated to keep those rights. We don’t have a problem with that at all.
4. Length of Contract: No Data – Our contract term is five years, renewable for two years upon mutual consent. We do have an out clause after the book has been in publication for 240 days. If the author wishes to terminate the contract at that time, he/she may do so with thirty days notice.

D. Credibility

1. Age: 2006
2. Catalog: 178
3. Alexa Rating: 3.6 M

E. Social Media

1. Forum: No
2. Blog: No – 2 blogs
3. Book Club: No but YouTube with 9 followers
4. Twitter: 963 followers, active
5. FaceBook: 2 pages, personal page with 2388 friends and professional page with  97 followers, both active

 

Overall Rating:  Good
B:  3/4 Stars
C:  3/4 Stars
D:  4 Stars
E:  4/5 Stars