PublishAmerica is at it again.. maybe they are in need of extra holiday cash. Who knows. For the price of 99.00 you can have PublishAmerica do what you could very well do yourself. I would never give a publisher permission to act as my agent and I wouldn't pay them the 99.00 because in the event that you did win (provided your book was ever entered on your behalf) PA would get a chunk of your earnings!
Dear author:
Amazon.com has done it again. Now they have started Amazon Studios, and they want to see if your book's manuscript is their (and Warner Bros. Pictures'!) next movie.
Basically, Amazon is now also entering the movie business, and they are crowdsourcing it, shopping among original story tellers like yourself. They have given Warner Bros. the right of first refusal.
From Tuesday's Amazon Studios announcement:
"We are excited to introduce writers, filmmakers and movie lovers to Amazon Studios [...] It is the goal of Amazon Studios to produce new, full-budget theatrical films based on the best projects and it will give Warner Bros. Pictures first access to the projects Amazon Studios wishes to produce in cooperation with an outside studio."
The Amazon Studio deals include rights payments of $200,000 for winning submissions, and a $400,000 bonus "if the movie makes over $60 million at the U.S. box office". It also awards prizes of $20,000 for the two best scripts in a month even if they don't become a movie.
See for all details http://studios.amazon.com/.
Here's how it works: Together with you we'll rework your manuscript a littlethen we submit it to Amazon Studios for their contest, following their guidelines. They award prizes monthly.
Activate your entry for Amazon Studios today: go to http://www.publishamerica.net/AmazonWarnerBros1.html, click Add to cart, choose a shipping option to start the activation. In the Ordering Instructions box be sure to mention the title of your book. If your book has not yet been released, add "Pre-release!"
By activating your book's submission to Amazon Studios you authorize PublishAmerica to act on your behalf and you agree that this constitutes your consent in writing.
After we have received your activation you will be contacted about adding your book's list of characters and a film synopsis.
See you in Hollywood!
--PublishAmerica Bookstore
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