Published on October 30, 2019
author scams, book marketing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

Why in the world would an author PAY people to read his or her book rather than the other way around?!?! I’m having a hard time trying to think of a worse book review deal for authors!
Published on October 24, 2019
CONGRATULATION TO Debra Bilton, who was the first to correctly answer this week’s question. The correct answer is: 3 WEEKS Question for 10/24/2019: According to last week’s issue of WritersWeekly – How long is Amazon taking to ship books published by its own publishing division? Send your answer through the contact form here. You must […]
Published on October 24, 2019
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Published on October 24, 2019
author, book marketing, ghostwriting, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, writing career advice

Q – Hi Angela If I decide to publish my memoir, what’s the bottom line on 1400 pages? Can it fit into one paperback volume? D.S. A – At BookLocker, our limit is 1,050 pages but I wouldn’t recommend a book that large. It would be very cumbersome for readers to hold while reading, and […]
Published on October 24, 2019
complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal
It’s one thing to not be paying your authors’ royalties but it’s QUITE ANOTHER to have the balls to actually…
Published on October 24, 2019

This week, we had fun blaming every mishap in life on The Scam Psychic!
Published on October 17, 2019
CONGRATS TO PAMELA ALLEGRETTO, WHO WAS THE FIRST ONE TO CORRECTLY ANSWER THIS WEEK’S TRIVIA QUESTION: “On the author’s book cover, he cleverly encourages Amazon workers to form a labor union.” Question for 10/17/2019: According to last week’s issue of WritersWeekly – How did one author brilliantly trick Amazon? Send your answer through the contact […]
Published on October 17, 2019

I belong to a private discussion list comprised of publishers. We all share advice, as well as our frustrations about Amazon, of course. One exchange last week shared the fact that KDP (Amazon’s print on demand publishing division) is having shipping delays of as long as three weeks…
Published on October 17, 2019

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Published on October 17, 2019
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