Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter has filed a lawsuit against book publisher and promoter Airleaf, LLC (formerly Bookman Publishing) for taking money without providing the promised services in return. The lawsuit is seeking consumer restitution for at least 120 customers.

“More than 120 people are named in the lawsuit, including many from Indiana who lost thousands of dollars,” said Carter. “In fact, hundreds more may have lost money. They paid for services. Airleaf did not deliver, and now, those consumers deserve refunds.”

Its companies like this that give publishing a bad name. Writers Weekly had to ban Airleaf from posting on their forums they were abusing them so badly. Late in 2006, they organized a “Book Fair” at Franklin College and sold table space to a hand-full of authors that were promised a huge book conference at the college’s basketball arena. Only 5 authors and a custodian wondering why there were 5 authors in the gym showed up.