YOUR PUBLISHER WENT BELLY-UP? Six Ways to Get Your Book Back on the Market ASAP! by Angela Hoy
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?
author scams
What?! New Authors Are Being Solicited by “Free” Publishers? How to Avoid This Common Scam…
“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!)…”
Are Money Launderers Using CreateSpace to Victimize Authors? And, is CreateSpace to Blame for Not Vetting Books?
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…
Bottom Feeders Scouring Author Obituaries?! A New Low in the Industry!!!
A stranger demanded to know “who was profiting” from the sale of a deceased author’s book!
“Did you sell my phone number to a scammer?!” No, but your phone company probably did!
Scammers can EASILY find authors’ names and phone numbers on the Internet! Hang up on them!!
Q&A: “This vanity publisher says they’re going to DISTRIBUTE my book to 5,000 organizations!!” UM, NO, THEY’RE NOT!
Don’t fall for this very common (phony!) marketing blurbage!!!
Letters and Comments for 08/24/17
Letters and Comments from our readers
Arrrghhh!!! When a so-called “literary agent” is really a fee-based publisher…
When a “literary agent” offers to “publish” your book … run for the hills! Here’s why…
A Book “Marketing” Firm Charged me $1180. Guess How Many Copies They Sold? by Donald Abrams
Find out why online marketing firms aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.
POD SECRETS REVEALED: “Free Publishing Guides” Are Used To Harvest Your Email Address, Phone Number, And More!
When I see the words “free publishing guide,” I think somebody is going to send me a free ebook that is an actual, factual, non-biased guide about the publishing industry, and/or the publishing process. I don’t think, “Wow, I’m just going to get a big, boring advertisement in exchange for all my contact information!”
