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June 15-30, 2005 Edition
Warning to Authors
Press-Tige Publishing
Company Owner
Charged With Fraud
ALBANY, NY/06/13/05Federal prosecutors have charged Martha Ivery, age 56, of Catskill, with 17 counts of fraud against would-be authors, according to a report by Associated Press. Authorities say the woman presented herself to writers as the publisher of Press-TIGE Publishing Company, and also posed as a literary agent under the name of Kelly ODonnell.
The indictment shows that Ivery charged pre-publication fees from 1995 to 2002, but never published the books, then filed for bankruptcy. She then allegedly re-opened the same operation under the name New Millennium Publishing House and continued to solicit fees. She has pleaded not guilty in U.S District Court in Albany.
