If something goes awry in the government database (which is a question of when, not if), someone searching for your pseudonym could find your home or mailing address, put two and two together...…
"I googled him and he seems legit. They want me to call in, and discuss my books with them. Have you heard of anything like this being of benefit to any of your authors?"…
Anthology publisher ripping you off? Rescind the rights to your story AND then invoice them for copyright infringement!…
"I'm involved in a lawsuit against my previous employer and I'm about to sign a non-disclosure agreement. I want to write a book about the case using a pseudonym. I can do that, right?"…
I was called by a "publicist" about republishing my book that they saw on Amazon. (It's not supposed to be there because my lawyer was supposed to give them a cease and desist order since it was from Tate Publishing...)"…
Movie deals are rare yet many authors pay thousands to these types of firms. …
An elder lady writer has been stalking me for 7+ years every single day. She has copied my blog posts and used some of my blog post ideas as her own. She didn't even bother to change the name of...…
Is recreating a photo you find online copyright infringement?…
These scammers use my Amazon ads and illustrations claiming all sorts of things, like having 15 books of varying quality on hand, and raising the cover price from $13 to $45. However, my publisher and I have never sold books to these people...…
Sometimes it's difficult to discern which publishing companies are owned by the behemoth Author Solutions. Check this list!…
The abuser could sue. Not naming him can't protect you from that.…
Would two Amazon pages then exist for the same book title? The old one AND the new one?…
Do you know about this company and is this something you recommend?…
I would definitely call is Second Edition. Here is why.…
How does paying an illustrator work? How do you determine how much to pay them? …
What I want to do is put my aunt's three books into the public domain now, and make them available through digital preservation efforts. But, I first need to prove that I actually have the right to donate them...…
It's NOT too late to file your claim! But, you need to hurry!!…
I was going to publish my book through Amazon's KDP Print (previously named CreateSpace) but that has been a disaster...…
There IS a way to produce high-quality, accurate, beautiful ebooks but it requires special software and some expertise.…
If you pay a foreign outfit to edit your English-language book, you may end up with a manuscript in far worse shape.…
"My friend left his book rights to me via an email message, and verbally. The estate claims it belongs to them. What do you think?"…
Let me tell you the true story about the time I was propositioned by a U.S. lawmaker in an airplane...…
We launched this service to counter the greedy rights'-grab currently occurring in the industry...…
My publisher stopped paying royalties months ago and they're not responding to emails or phone calls. I'm starting to panic a little bit...…
I sued my publisher (Tate Publishing) for 5 counts of breach of contract, including stealing all the royalties, and won. I just learned from a friend that she ordered my book on Amazon and got it...…
Q – Angela, If I sign up with BookLocker, how many cover designs may I choose…
When registering a copyright for a book, nobody waits for the government anymore...…
"For the past 10 years, my publisher has been reporting to the I.R.S. up to 100 times more than what they are paying me!"…
Can keywords and phrases be copyrighted?…
"What sells better in stores? Paperbacks or hardcovers? And, do those sell better than ebooks?"…
