[biztech-discussion] XLibris Offshores
- From: Nancy Mulvany <nmulvany@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 10:54:28 -0700
PW Newsline: August 30, 2004
XLibris Says Farewell to American Workers, But Mabuhay To Complaints
As a number of XLibris jobs have left for overseas, a number of complaints
are staying home. The company confirms anecdotal reports making the rounds
that the Philly POD firm has not been as responsive to authors over the
last few weeks. But it says any problems should now be ironed out.
Earlier in the month, the company laid off 35 customer service workers and
hired employees to do their jobs in the Philippines. The move has led to
what some authors say has been an eerie silence; one who has published
several books with the company says that he has not received word on pub
date despite returning a galley with just one correction several months
ago. "My author representative has changed several times and lately I get
no response to either phone messages left or emails," he wrote last week.
CEO John Feldcamp said the move allowed the company, partially owned by
Random House, to double its number of employees. It was, he said, worth the
small price of some snags, which he says were short-lived. "[It's] a new
team of people in new jobs. There's a million new details and then you have
to fix the problems. It's not surprising that some authors were not happy
with the process, but the problems should be corrected now."--Calvin Reid
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