Tekeme Studios: George Weis & Ashley Silouan-Weis

Consumer Reviews and Complaints

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   I am a friend of George

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   I am a friend of George

   By Kaylee Siepker

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   Shawn, ( aka Tekeme Studios stalker)

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   Shawn, ( aka Tekeme Studios stalker) Move on, man. Why are you haunting these people? Everywhere I go, there you are calling them fraudsters. Ok. We got the message. Ok. So you feel you were treated unjustly. I understand. By keeping at this, what are you gaining? If you ruin their business, will you then be happy? I mean, don’t you want to be forgiven for things you do wrong? When you refuse to let go and forgive do you think you will find forgiveness when someone thinks you are a “fraud”? . . . Just let it go, man. It is possible that they did good work and some people were happy with it, isn’t it?

   By Tobie Eyrich

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   George

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   George

   By Rosina Zien

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   I am a friend of George

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   I am a friend of George

   By Darius Campfield

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   Tekeme Studios -- billing itself as "Winslet

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   Tekeme Studios — billing itself as “Winslet Press” — was offering phony publishing contracts to writers as late as June of 2014, charging them four figures (!) and then dumping them, sometimes within mere days of getting the money. Watch your wallets, people. You can easily self-publish for all of

   By Lino Phramany

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   I am a friend of George

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   I am a friend of George

   By Rosie Starliper

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   Looks like they've moved on to a

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   Looks like they’ve moved on to a phony publishing press scam called Winslet Press. It seems that they’ve even gone so far as to invent a fake author who’s supposedly sold nearly a million copies (yeah, right). There’s also a sick kid of theirs (again, he’s probably just a ploy) whom this “author” solicits donations for. They’re offering people sham book contracts, getting them to pay thousands of dollars for “promotion,” then dropping them just as the books are supposed to go to print. They’re just dashing people’s hopes and robbing them blind. It’s low and beyond crooked. The word is out: absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=292552

   By Isabell Branscombe

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   I am a friend of George

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   I am a friend of George

   By Latarsha Svendsen

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   So you're a prospective author who wants

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   So you’re a prospective author who wants to submit your work into the burgeoning ebook market? You have your manuscript written and edited, but you need help designing a cover and converting your work to the proper formatting for uploading. Do. Not. Use. Tekeme. Studios. Tekeme brands itself as an any-size, any-budget, any-project web design firm, but it really caters to religious-themed projects. It’s run by a pair of fanatical anti-porn crusaders — husband George Weis is a recovering morbid porn addict, wife Ashley Silouan is a professional victim/scold — who like to work with authors and bloggers who share that worldview and will disseminate their “”Porn Is Evil!”” message. If you’re vision doesn’t fall into that limited category, then beware: 1. Tekeme provides no refunds, even if they abandon your project, so be very careful putting any money in their hands. 2. Tekeme reserves the right to change your contract with them at will and after weeks of making promises.3. Tekeme determines what content is acceptable for publication; if your book doesn’t feature dewy-fresh virgins, Lands End-style cover models, and crosses glimmering in the sunlight, then go elsewhere. Tekeme’s design policy is not content-neutral; it will discriminate against you based on the themes and content of your work, and will actively try to discourage and censor you. I paid $400 for an ebook package including a book cover and formatted text. I only received the cover, and was told that my book would not be formatted because the designers had a “”moral problem”” with it. Tekeme dragged this process out for over a month and did not deliver the promised results. $400 for an ebook cover is ridiculous. I had to hire a new designer who did it for a mere $75, and then he even did the conversion process for a mere $125. This was the exact same deal I had with Tekeme for twice as much. You deserve to be treated with respect and honesty. I did not receive that from this agency. Your hard work deserves better than the condescending, sanctimonious likes of Tekeme Studios.

   By Mindy Barratt

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