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Our favorite professor, editor, and book marketer, Clayton Jones, joins us again for this episode! He is a HOOT!!!

In the “News from the Home Office” part at the beginning of the episode, we describe how Bigfoot has returned to our mountaintop neighborhood. THIS IS NOT A JOKE! Angela was a complete non-believer until she saw one two and a half years ago. They stayed for six months (lots of neighbors had encounters), and then left two years ago in March. Now, they’re back!

Okay, back to the episode!

Real Stories of Authors Who Saved Thousands After Contacting WritersWeekly About Potential Publishing Scams

In just 7 days, we saved authors over $28,000. In the past two years, we’ve saved authors an estimated $2.9 MILLION after they asked us if they were about to be scammed!

Here are a few examples from the episode:

“Rick” was about to send $350 to a woman with an American-sounding name, but she wanted him to wire the money to a guy named Abdulkareem Shiyan. She called him her “financial secretary.” We told Rick exactly how that was a scam! (We also reported that scammer/money mule to Lead Bank!)

C.M. saved $5K! He was about to send that much to KDPBookPublishers.com, an Amazon impersonator. Unfortunately, he’d previously paid the scammer $499.

K.C. was about to send a fake publisher $1,000.

S.J. was about to pay a scammer triple what they’d originally quoted her for website hosting.

One scammer quoted an author an astoundingly low price of 199£ ($400 U.S.) for editing, publication and more. Classic bait and switch!

Bobby G. was about to be extorted for an additional $1500 from a fake editor.

David C. was about to send Pen In Charge, a scammer that was already on our list, $2199. We explained to him exactly how the scam works, and he didn’t send the money!

Cynthia M. almost sent $99 to a fake book club. We’ve saved LOTS of authors from sending hundreds, to even thousands to fake “book clubs.”

We helped Gary M. recover $2,650, not from the scammer, American Book Publisherz, but from his credit card company. We have specific instructions for authors whose banks or credit card companies may be trying to force the author to “work it out” with the scammer. If more than 60 days pass, the bank can wash their hands of the entire transaction, so it’s imperative to act FAST!

On the day we recorded this episode, we save Eric N. from sending $3,999 to nybookexperts.com!

There are MANY MORE stories in this episode!

Join us, and learn the new and ever-evolving ways publishing, website design, marketing, and other scammers are trying to fool authors into sending their hard-earned money.

We will also teach YOU how to recognize these types of scams! And, we’ll make you laugh at the same time!

JOIN US! 🙂

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Do you think you might be the victim of a publishing scam? CONTACT ANGELA AND BRIAN.

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LINKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE

• BookLocker’s Publishing Packages
• Professor Clayton Jones’s Services: Professional Editing, Author/Book Coach Services, Ghostwriting, and Book Marketing Services, Editorial Reviews, and TikTok Trailers – These are only $50, and they are VERY popular!
• Our previous Bigfoot encounters!
• Angela and Brian on the Sasquatch Chronicles Podcast
• Brian Fell 9 Feet and Broke His Back! But, HE’S ALIVE and NOT Paralyzed!!!
• DON’T GET TRICKED! When Publishers Lure Authors in With DECEPTIVE Royalty Verbiage
• 11 Ways to Know If a “Publisher” or Other Service Provider is an Overseas Scammer (You’ll probably only need to check #1 to prove it!) By Angela Hoy, Publisher
• Amazon KDP Continues to INFURIATE (and TERMINATE) Authors!
• EPISODE 43: 16 Possible Reasons Why Amazon KDP Permanently Closed Your Account (But they won’t tell YOU why you were banned!!)
• Did Celebrity Author James Patterson REALLY Just Email THIS Author???
• SocialCatfish.com – Don’t miss their YouTube Videos!! They’re addictive!!
• How I Was Scammed Out of $13K by “8 People” Using Gmail Email Addresses By M.M. Lorenzo
• BREAKING! In the Span of 2 Days, Meta Loses 2 BIG Lawsuits! And Now Thousands More Will Be Filed… – by James M. Walsh Esq.
• EPISODE 41: Dangers Lurking in PLAIN SIGHT on Facebook Author Groups! DON’T BE THE NEXT VICTIM!
• NEW SCAM! “Pay us $26K and we’ll stock 3,500 copies of your book in 150 stores!
• COMPLAINTS about PageTurner Press and Media / pageturner.us (a.k.a. Innocentrix; the owners are now in prison!)
• Writer Beware with Victoria Strauss! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
• AUTHOR ALMOST LOST $50K!! We Saved an Author from a FAKE “Fox” Movie Deal, Which is Connected to a Known Publishing Scammer! By Angela Hoy and James M. Walsh, Esq.
• How Angela Got a Facebook Scammer’s 3 Bank Accounts Shut Down! – By Brian Whiddon, Managing Editor
• A List of Publishers and Services That ALL Authors Should AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
• EPISODE 21: 20K Publishing Scam Victim Shares Her Own Story (Her website was taken hostage!)
• EPISODE 1: “In Just $299” – Publishing SCAMS You Need To Avoid!! Part 1 – Angela and Brian expose the surge in global scams targeting writers—using slick websites, social media, and calls to sell bogus writing and book-to-movie services…

• EPISODE 2: “In Just $299” – Publishing SCAMS You Need To Avoid!! Part 2 – Angela and Brian reveal how WritersWeekly fights global publishing scams and share practical steps to help you verify if a publishing company is legitimate or…

• It’s Not Just Copyrights! AI is Threatening Livestock, Bees, Crops, Jobs, YOUR Electric Bill, and SO MUCH MORE! – by James M. Walsh, Esq.

• A NEW WAVE OF SCAM EMAILS IS TARGETING AUTHORS! “My book club wants to review your book!!”

• NEVER Pay to Have Your Book Displayed at a Book Fair or Festival! EVER!!

• “100% Royalties?!” Don’t Be Fooled!

• DON’T GET TRICKED! When Publishers Lure Authors in With DECEPTIVE Royalty Verbiage

Don’t get scammed! Publish your book with BookLocker.com.

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