Absolutely horrendous. This is a ‘company’ that preys on the inexperienced and naive. Prospective authors, do not fall for their charm and platitudes! If it sounds too good to be true, it definitely is.
They took on my manuscript after convincing me they were a better fit than another small publishing company. I heard what I wanted to hear. While this other company may not have had a lot going for them, at least they had some integrity, which is more than I can say for Inkwaves!
I parted with 4 and half grand (a seemingly far better offer than the original 7 grand I had been quoted).I am ashamed to say I didn’t know better or what to look for. I had hopes that all was decent and above-board. This has been an eye-opening experience that some people just suck.
I was given a project manager who was prompt with communication, but his editing work surrounding formatting and grammar was poor. Again, I turned a blind eye because I saw what I wanted to see. My book was going to be published! This was all just part of the process….
At one point during the back-and-forth, I found 48 individual errors to do with punctuation and formatting. I had to point each one out as they couldn’t find the errors I was talking about’.
Alarm bells were ringing, and I thank God there was a hold up with my illustrator. We were essentially treading water until all the illustrations could be completed. Who knows how big of a hole I’d be in if not for my far more savvy illustrator, who started to smell a rat.
I was offered a contract for a profit of 150,000 US dollars from a certain book distributor, upon completion of my book. I was introduced to this independent party by the Inkwaves boss. Wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if they are the same person, and I don’t mean that metaphorically. It’s literally probably one bloke with two email addresses. It’s giving ‘sad man in a basement with two sock puppet’ vibes.
Who I was introduced to pretended to be someone they are not. They tried to look like one of the big distributors, and I fell for it, for a few blissfully ignorant hours. They attempt to deceive and hope you don’t ask the right sort of questions to find out who they really are.
The contracts they offer are full of holes, and, had I had my head screwed on right, I would have seen this from the beginning.
The ‘contract’ I signed states that I can cease the relationship at any time, and will receive my money back minus services rendered to that point. Seeing as they’ve changed a grand total of four words in six months, missed scores of grammatical and formatting errrors, and put me in contact with their sham book distributor, I have asked for 4000 back of my 4650 I foolishly parted with back in mid 2025. Even losing $650 to these muppets sticks in my throat, but I guess that’s what I deserve for being so naive.
This is the second time this review has been posted. I initially got their attention when I put it up the first time, even though they assured me that wasn’t why they got back to me. They told me they wouldn’t process anything until I took it down. We reached an impasse and the more damning reviews were taken down. They thanked me and said they’d get me my money.
Another lie. Still no refund. Bank account issues and delays should have been sorted by now, so here we are again until I get what’s owed me.
They’ve ignored me for the past three or so weeks. I was a patsy for a while, but will not be any longer.
Stinkwaves Publishing cannot be trusted any more than they can publish a book. Do not fall for their flattery.
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