Adept Ghostwriting – Timeline & Evidence (Feb 18 – Sep 1, 2025)

Summary: Between Feb 18 and Sep 1, 2025, I paid a total of $8,500 to Adept entities and their processors for: (1) a $7,500 publishing/marketing package (with $2,500 down and $5,000 due only upon achieving “bestseller” status and 400% ROI), (2) a separate $3,000 “ISBN” fee (despite ISBNs costing ~$125), and (3) a separate $3,000 “unlimited printing for life + free shipping” upgrade. As of Sep 1, 2025, no promised deliverables exist: no Amazon listing with my own ISBN, no marketing, no author copies, and the printing promises contradict Amazon’s own rules and pricing. I have filed a BBB complaint and am preparing formal reports to consumer protection agencies.

Payment Timeline (verifiable by bank statements)

Feb 18, 2025 — $1,500 paid to Texonna Marketing (part of the $2,500 down payment).
Mar 12, 2025 — $1,000 paid to Spark Savvy (completes the $2,500 down payment).
Mar 19, 2025 — $1,500 paid to Cubeval for “ISBN” (first half of a $3,000 ISBN fee). (Additional $1,500 for this ISBN fee was also collected later; total ISBN fee paid: $3,000.)
Apr 30, 2025 — $500 paid to Texonna Marketing toward “Unlimited Printing for Life + Free Shipping” ($3,000 package).
May 08, 2025 — $1,000 paid to Ink Lab (printing-for-life package).
May 08, 2025 — $1,500 paid to Creative Ink (printing-for-life package; completes the $3,000 printing fee).

Total paid to date: $2,500 (down payment) + $3,000 (ISBN) + $3,000 (printing) = $8,500.

Core Issues

As of Sep 1, 2025: Amazon still shows a free KDP-provided ISBN on the title despite Adept collecting “ISBN” funds; no personal/purchased ISBN was provisioned or used.
Amazon pricing & printing misrepresented: Amazon allegedly takes ~60% and charges actual print cost + shipping. Adept’s promises that I would “keep $19 per copy” and that Amazon would “take only 5%” are not realistic. I was also promised “unlimited printing for life with free shipping,” which is incompatible with Amazon’s standard KDP terms.
ISBN fee inflated: Adept charged $3,000 for an ISBN that typically costs about $125. Despite paying, my book was not set up with my own purchased ISBN or made available as promised.
No deliverables: As of Sep 1, 2025 there is no Amazon listing in my control with my ISBN, no marketing work delivered, and no author copies delivered (promised by June 1).
Additional upsells: After collecting the above, Adept attempted to sell me “Book Club” for $5,000 and a “Best Book Award” for $500. I declined due to lack of results and funds.

Additional Events & Evidence (Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2025)

Aug 29, 2025 — Phone call (verbal $5,000 demand): An “Accounts Receivable” caller verbally demanded an additional $5,000 toward a “$7,500 writing fee.” The amount was disputed immediately. Contemporaneous notes kept. (Verbal; no written invoice.)
Sep 1, 2025 — Evidence check & captures:
- Amazon KDP: dashboard shows 0 sales / 0 orders / 0 pages; Amazon still indicates a free KDP-provided ISBN (not a paid/personal ISBN).
- Google Books: no listing located for the title.
- BookFinder: no results for the title/ISBN.
- Barnes & Noble: search surfaces unrelated titles.
- Contract excerpt: “Non-stop marketing” promise.

Relief Sought

Immediate full refunds or delivery of the services as sold in writing, including: unlimited printing for life with free shipping and the financial terms represented; and setup of my book with an ISBN owned by me.
Written confirmation that Adept will cease further misleading representations in sales calls.
Preservation of records, call recordings, emails, invoices, and payment receipts.

Where to see the evidence

Full documentation (emails, invoices, recorded calls, and PDFs) lives here: mitripress.com/adept-scams.

Contact: help@mitripress.com | (727) 277-4414 | West Frankfort, IL 62896.