Your publisher may very well still be having copies printed and shipped to Amazon. Here's how to stop them!…
After you get past the shock and anger of your book sales instantly vanishing into thin air, what can you do to get that book back on the market ASAP?…
After deducting your time and expense to "sell" one or two copies to a bookstore, you can be pretty far in the hole! Your time can be used far more efficiently to sell far more books!…
Cell phones simultaneously ring in town while a camping family is blissfully unaware of the impending tragedy! Read the top three winning stories!…
You might think that your book can't possibly harm their reputation but they would be the judge of that (as well as any actual judge or jury in the lawsuit they would probably bring against you)...…
24 publishers who bit the dust, leaving their authors high and dry. …
How do you determine if a firm is likely to go belly-up? It's EASY! …
Oh, yes! We know you’re excited!! Today, we’re going to share another installment of our popular column, World’s Worst Query Letters and Book Proposals.…
When you undercharge a client for estimated work or, worse, give away your services for free, you can make yourself appear meek and, to be completely honest, unprofessional...…
Three emails in a row about the East Area Rapist and THEN....…
Archive.org has scanned printed books, and made them available online...without permission from the copyright holders. Does that sound like a "library" to you?!…
HURRY AND SIGN UP! 1st Place $300; 2nd Place $250; 3rd Place $200; + 85 other prizes!…
This assumption harkens back to the time when self-published authors had to purchase thousands of copies, keep them in their garage, and...…
"I received two phone calls from a publisher offering to republish my book. A quick Internet search revealed the firm’s reputation is not too good (to put it mildly!)..."…
This individual had a personal beef with someone who wrote an article for us, and was trying to not only ruin her reputation, but to make her lose paying work as well...…
An author thinks it's okay to steal cartoons and an entire magazine article? What?!…
You MUST read the first place winner! It's awesome!!…
Oh, yes! We know you’re excited!! Today, we’re going to share another installment of our popular column, World’s Worst Query Letters and Book Proposals.…
CreateSpace (which is owned by Amazon) was recently criticized for publishing fraudulent books under a real author's name in what stinks to high heaven of a money laundering scheme. Here's how it it appears to work...…
I received an email from a woman this week who claimed to be the ex-wife of one of our authors. Here's what she accused him of...…
A stranger demanded to know "who was profiting" from the sale of a deceased author's book!…
It's pretty easy to tell if a POD publisher is milking authors for too much money. They give a little and take a LOT. Here are the top 11 signs a POD publisher is charging authors too much money... …
Take advantage of this FREE guide to SELL MORE BOOKS! …
The Fall, 2018 Short Story Contest will start at 12:00 p.m. (noon) central time THIS SATURDAY,…
This year, 2016, marks our 15th year of hosting the quarterly WritersWeekly.com 24-Hour Short Story Contests! There are many copycats now but this is the home of the original...…
BookLocker.com, a firm that competes with CreateSpace (and many others), is the parent company of this…
Brian takes over Angie's Desk to respond to one reader's ridiculous accusations.…
Oh, yes! We know you’re excited!! Today, we’re going to share another installment of our popular…
You absolutely MUST have a book marketing cheat sheet!…
I encourage all authors and publishers to check this site for their name (publisher or author), and their book title(s)!!…
Re-name? Re-write? Re-design? Use a pseudonym? Here are some options!…
WHERE ARE THE AUTHORS' ROYALTIES?!?! The Maryland Attorney General apparently needs YOUR help understanding the complaints they've received about America Star Books / ABS / Publish America! …
Ebook sales are down. Ebook reading device sales are down. Print sales are up. What does this mean for the future of books?…
Stories about nutty and downright scary authors we've had to deal with!…
And the festive (creepy!) winners are...…
(/'p?n.zi/; also a Ponzi game) is a fraudulent investment operation where the operator generates returns for older investors through revenue paid by new investors, rather than from legitimate business activities or profit of financial trading.…
