I know of a couple of writers who felt good about their experience with PublishAmerica; although, one of them is doing 100 percent of his own marketing, and had sent me an autographed copy (for which I will always be grateful since he's a friend), but I'll tell you, there are numerous typos in the book.  Now, nothing is ever perfect, but I read a lot and I have never seen that many typos in a book before.  There is also a statement at the beginning that it was published exactly as the author wrote it.  That's okay to a point, but where's the editor?  As a writer, I love to believe I am perfect all the time with my copy, but reality says 'oh, come on'.  As well as something is written, there is always room for improvement, even if it is only spelling corrections.  His book is listed on Amazon, but he can't figure out how to get it into book stores and so on.  An agent probably would have been the way to go, but that's another discussion.

I've also read other comments about PublishAmerica that state they will publish absolutely anything for anyone; your work doesn't have to be special.  They won't market for you and they ask for names of friends and relatives and so on under some pretext and then end up bothering these people to buy your book.  Tons of negative stuff there.

I guess you'd have to read their contract and make up your own mind, but I would wait for more comments to see if others here have had experience with them.  I thought initially they were a pretty good deal since I had received positive comments from two authors I know.  Then, I believe it was off the NaNoWriMo.org site, where I found a link listing all different publishers and PublishAmerica was in there and like I said, very negative things were said about them.  It wasn't as if they cheated you in some way.  It was only that they didn't really do anything for you as an author.  You had to do everything yourself, and how they bother your friends and family.

If you can handle that kind of thing, then I guess that would be okay, but I would seriously check them out a lot more to make sure you are getting the kind of services you think you are.  Hope this helps some.  Joyce

I found the link where there was a lot more information.  You don't need to sign in or anything, you can just access the following.  Go to NaNoWriMo.org, then click on I Wrote a Novel, Now What?, then at the bottom click on the heading Some Thoughts on Publishing, within that paragraph click on Preditors and Editors List of Potential Scams, then click on Book Publishers, then click on the letter P, then click on PublishAmerica.

I did NaNoWriMo last November and when it was over, I went through the site to follow up on all the additional information they provide, and that's where I found the stuff about PublishAmerica.  Very interesting stuff.  I strongly recommend you check all this out.  And yes, do wait for a lot more responses from here.  Before you send anything out you've created, check them out, check them out, and then check them out some more! 

One of the groups in here is nanowrimo writers.  I would suggest perhaps checking with some of the group's members.  Maybe they can help you too.  Joyce

Oh, one more BIG source of information.  Go to bbb.org and check the national site and then in the consumers' part where you can check a business, put in PublishAmerica.  The Better Business Bureau has a load of complaints on file about them.

Hi! About four years ago, I ran across PA also. I submitted the prolouge and first 3 chapters of my book, and within a week I had a contract, a deadline of completion, and everything else that excites a would-be-arthur. But, before I signed, I researched the PA company.

All I found was bad things. Bad editing, non-attempts to deal with arthur complaints, etc.

In the end, I didn't sign, and I believe I am all the better for it.

Always research a publisher thoroughly before becoming entwined with them.

Best of luck!