Published on October 4, 2018
amazon
![Amazon Drivers Speak Out – WritersWeekly Whispers and Warnings – 10/04/18 Amazon Drivers Speak Out – WritersWeekly Whispers and Warnings – 10/04/18](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/delivery_truck_1538676231-e1538676240760.png)
Cuatomer Poaching * Led Zepplin Copyright Infringement * Predatory Science Journals * Amazon Drivers’ Labor Woes * Amazon turning Whole Foods employees into ‘robots?’; Amazon increases min. wage but cuts benefits?!
Published on September 20, 2018
amazon, copyrights
![Bookstores threatened with legal action for publishing a book’s synopsis?! – WritersWeekly.com Whispers and Warnings for 09/20/2018 Bookstores threatened with legal action for publishing a book’s synopsis?! – WritersWeekly.com Whispers and Warnings for 09/20/2018](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/harry_potter_1537461433-e1537461444323.png)
Bookshops Threatened * Shady Amazon Employees * Did Netflix do something really stupid? * Harry Potter Festival Naming Fears * New York Review of Books editor out of a job for controversial essay
Published on September 13, 2018
amazon
![Amazon waited 3 YEARS to remove pro-rape dating books?!; Target redacts book keywords; Predatory Publishers – UK; Whispers and Warnings – 09/13/2018 Amazon waited 3 YEARS to remove pro-rape dating books?!; Target redacts book keywords; Predatory Publishers – UK; Whispers and Warnings – 09/13/2018](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/spy_1536859671-e1536859681592.jpg)
Amazon waits 3 YEARS to remove pro-rate dating books?!; Attorney-client privilege…or not?; Target accused of redacting keywords for books; Predatory publishers (don’t miss this one!!); Reporter fired for fake news?
Published on September 6, 2018
amazon, book marketing, Ebooks, Print on demand, writing career advice
![“What sells best? Paperbacks, hardcovers, or ebooks?” “What sells best? Paperbacks, hardcovers, or ebooks?”](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/hardcover_1536271610-e1536669822205.jpg)
“What sells better in stores? Paperbacks or hardcovers? And, do those sell better than ebooks?”
Published on September 6, 2018
amazon, Complaints about specific publishers, createspace complaints, pod complaints, Print on demand, self-publishing
![10 THINGS YOU MUST KNOW about CreateSpace’s Death / “Merger” with KDP Print, and Why Some Authors are FURIOUS! 10 THINGS YOU MUST KNOW about CreateSpace’s Death / “Merger” with KDP Print, and Why Some Authors are FURIOUS!](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ANGRY_1536268441.jpg)
Amazon has killed CreateSpace, and renamed it/merged it/replaced it (same thing, no matter which way you wash it!) with “KDP Print.” We all knew that was coming. And, between you and me, with all the complaints about CreateSpace posted online, it’s no surprise they wanted to get rid of the name…
Published on September 6, 2018
amazon
![MORE AUTHORS ANGRY AT AMAZON – Readers’ Letters and Comments MORE AUTHORS ANGRY AT AMAZON – Readers’ Letters and Comments](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/chat_1536267464-e1536267475369.jpg)
Getting sued for book reviews and more authors are angry at Amazon – Letters/Comments from our readers!
Published on September 6, 2018
amazon, copyrights
![Did Romance Novelist Kill Chef Husband?; Graffiti Copyright Protection; Amazon Becoming Less Attractive to Small Retailers – Whispers and Warnings – 09/06/2018 Did Romance Novelist Kill Chef Husband?; Graffiti Copyright Protection; Amazon Becoming Less Attractive to Small Retailers – Whispers and Warnings – 09/06/2018](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/graffiti_1536245261-e1536245280206.jpg)
Amazon Losing Popularity with small sellers * Graffiti Copyrights? * Uncertainty for B&N * Amazon “Buy Button” * Village Voice Downsizing * Online Satire Outlawed
Published on August 30, 2018
amazon, bookstores, pod complaints, Print on demand, self-publishing
![How can Amazon have Print on Demand books in stock that nobody has ordered yet? How can Amazon have Print on Demand books in stock that nobody has ordered yet?](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/question-mark-on-teal-background.jpg)
Why would Amazon stock print-on-demand books?
Published on August 30, 2018
amazon, book marketing, createspace complaints, pod complaints, self-publishing
![AUTHOR ALERT! HIGHER BOOK PRICES ON AMAZON and NO PRIME SHIPPING! Has Amazon Given Your Book’s “Buy Button” to a Third-party Seller? AUTHOR ALERT! HIGHER BOOK PRICES ON AMAZON and NO PRIME SHIPPING! Has Amazon Given Your Book’s “Buy Button” to a Third-party Seller?](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/furious_1535652691.jpg)
Has your book’s listing on Amazon recently changed? Have you noticed the following? High list price; No Prime availability; Some unknown firm selling your book instead of Amazon?
Published on August 30, 2018
amazon, copyrights, createspace complaints, legal, tate
![CreateSpace GONE as Amazon forces authors into a different program. Higher costs? Slower royalty payments? And, Angry authors! – Whispers and Warnings – 08/30/18 CreateSpace GONE as Amazon forces authors into a different program. Higher costs? Slower royalty payments? And, Angry authors! – Whispers and Warnings – 08/30/18](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/challenge_1535630223-e1535630233109.jpg)
Amazon kills CreateSpace, forces authors to KDP Print – and people are UPSET!; Tate Publishing owners – will they EVER go to trial?; TrueLine Publishing employees claims she was drugged at Christmas Party; and more juicy stories!