Comments on: eBookAd president: We’re thriving–even in the wake of overseas fraud attempts against us

By: Lois Johnson

Lois Johnson — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:30:44 +0000

I too was a publisher at ebookAd.com. I’m just realizing getting this information. Does anyone know how much Scriptural Profile sold or whether it was a bestseller? There have been many people telling me of its success. I never was able to delete the book. Can someone help me?

I’m making complaints to the appropriate authorities.

I never knew about cash-outs or deleting my ebook. Where did you hear this information? Is it too late? I read somewhere on the web that Dustin Revin was trying to file bankruptcy?

By: Morley

Morley — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:12:37 +0000

Why do we have to pay $45.00 to have one’s last name changed. It seems to me only women have their name changed. At a cost of $45.00 this is unfair, and the price is unacceptable. You gouge and gouge and you will drive us to your competitor’s

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:48:51 +0000

Hey Mushroom, you still have ebookad links on your site. Don’t feel bad I finally got around to taking mine off, yesterday. Now I need a new place to put my ebooks on. I preffer the self publishing route. My material might not be perfect, or even edited enough, but I don’t expect to make oodles of money…yet. Luckily I wasn’t as ripped off as some of you. But you do have my sympathies, a buck is a buck, especially when it’s one you are suppose to collect and pass on to someone else. Any suggestions e-mail me at my domain.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:30:38 +0000

Having walked away from ebookad many, many months ago, I am not surprised Dustin has finally closed the site down. With more and more publishers pulling out due to unpaid royalties in the past siex to ten months the writing was on the wall.

I can understand the pressures of cash flow in an online business such as this, having both an adult orientated network of sites and now ,a much smaller general fiction site.

Anyone interested in publishing through either channel is welcome to contact me. The adult site does well (except when the World Cup is in full flow!) and the general site is just kicking off (so to speak). Both sites offer self-publish or published options and we are always looking for new talent. Oh, one final thing – we also DO pay our many contributors, both other publishing houses and authors – big AND small.

Having been conned out of many hundreds of dollars by ebookad – my response is to concentrate on building something to fill the void, and something that works for those who work hard to write and publish their works.

By: Mushroom eBooks Blog » Blog Archive » eBookAd no longer trading?

Mushroom eBooks Blog » Blog Archive » eBookAd no longer trading? — Thu, 18 May 2006 09:52:33 +0000

[...] It is a real shame. They had one of the best interfaces, and books appeared immediately after uploading them. Unfortunately, they appear to owe quite a few publishers (including Mushroom eBooks) quite a lot of money. For months it has been very difficult to get paid by them. For several months things had not been going well with them, but we decided to stay with them in the hope that they would weather the storm. Alas, it now seems that we should have withdrawn our books from sale at eBookAd a couple of months ago. The problems that some publishers had with getting paid has been documented on the Teleread blog. [...]

By: Tina Haveman

Tina Haveman — Sun, 14 May 2006 17:36:31 +0000

Well, we are scrambling back out of the ditch and are up and running again. extasybooks.com is now live. It is rewarding to be able to receive the funds ourselves and have full control over the site and finances. We are not quite there yet as the site still needs more updates, but we’re getting there. As for eBookAd, we are taking steps to try and recover the funds Dustin Revin owes us. Though we are moving forward we are not giving up the fight.
Tina Haveman
President
eXtasy Books

By: Lynette Rees

Lynette Rees — Tue, 09 May 2006 15:58:17 +0000

I know a lot of us are baffled as to what went on at ebookad as in the past the site appeared to be very forward thinking and reputable. I think it’s either a case that Mr. Revin deliberately set up the business to just further his own ends, or even more likely, he was full of good intentions, but greed got the better of him.

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Sat, 06 May 2006 07:54:56 +0000

Yep. The mystery is what CAUSED the personal problems. As I said, this mess is completely out of character for the company as it existed in the past. Anyway, Tina, please keep us posted. Same for other commenters. Thanks! – David

By: Tina Haveman

Tina Haveman — Fri, 05 May 2006 03:49:50 +0000

Well, obviously financial personal problems since he owes many publishers and authors a LOT of money… besides us. Tina

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Thu, 04 May 2006 14:04:14 +0000

Well, keep us posted, Angela. It would seem that the situation is finally clarified–for the worse. I remain baffled what happened. Could Dustin have been having personal problems? eBookAd’s behavior seemed completely out of character for both him and his company, based on the past. – David

By: Angela Hoy

Angela Hoy — Thu, 04 May 2006 13:56:07 +0000

EbookAd appears to be out of business. Their website is gone. I wonder how much money Dustin Revin collected that will never be paid to his publishing/author clients? Victims should contact his local police department. I’m not buying the “credit card fraud” excuse (which is easily preventable) and I’m sure his clients, who are owed hundreds to thousands for real sales, aren’t either.

Incidentally, we investigated EbookAd for WritersWeekly Whispers and Warnings after receiving complaints but Dustin Revin never bothered to respond.

By: Alec C Moir

Alec C Moir — Thu, 04 May 2006 10:10:14 +0000

I have a lot of links to ebookad, which have been penalized by the search engines for broken links, sending my traffic plumeting down to zero. I’ve emailed them three times regarding my May cash-out payment with no response, the last one not even getting there. I have just built a new site around my healthy curry ebook using both .com and co.uk all for nothing. The only alternative is putting the prices up and using clickbank.

By: Tina Haveman

Tina Haveman — Wed, 03 May 2006 13:55:42 +0000

Unfortunately, the acceptable agreement/solution, didn’t work out either. To our consternation, last week, suddenly our site was gone… along with the main eBookAd site.
We are working 24/7 to get the new storefront up and running.
Tina
eXtasy Books

By: kathrine

kathrine — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:17:22 +0000

Nice web page! Very sharp. Not everyone has to 100% agree. I just might share this site with a few friends.Much appreciated :0).

By: Tina Haveman

Tina Haveman — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:30:47 +0000

Extasy Books has reached an acceptable agreement/solution, with EbookAd. Until the new storefront is completed, eXtasy’s Books will be temporarily available for purchase on the original site, http://www.extasybooks.com

To those who have contacted us, Dustin Revin is very willing to negotiate terms. I hope you all get your issues resolved.

Tina
eXtasy Books
extasybooks@telus.net