Are Authors REALLY This Desperate for Eyeballs?!
Sadly, some authors will fall for this type of scam. Why in the WORLD would any author pay $500 for THAT?
author scams
“A literary agency wants to represent my 12-year-old self-published book. Legit or not?”
“Because I hear so many horror stories about companies like this agency scamming authors (and yes, they approached me first!), I’m…”
“A publisher wants $4,000 to market my book to OTHER publishers?!”
“I need your advice on a proposal just sent to me by an agency…”
A VERY Expensive Anthology Scam Targeting Writers
Authors must pay more than $1,000 to be included. It costs even more if the author wants his or her name on the cover…
Do NOT Pay Someone to Showcase Your Book at a “Virtual Book Fair!”
I received an unsolicited phone call from a senior marketing consultant at a company that displays books at book fairs. She said her company was only taking 10 books to a book fair in Europe and they chose mine…
Author Claims Publisher Stopped Paying Royalties…and Then Released Paperback Edition After Contract Termination – In The News – 11/19/2020
Amazon censors another book…and then changes its mind; Big 5 publishers become 4 as Penguin buys Simon & Schuster; More censorship by Amazon; Can AI distinguish between conspiracy throery and truth?; Amazon gives new workers bonuses and old workers turkey vouchsters; The Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing pay $3M settlement after paying white males more than other journalists; Hilton Head magazine company ordered to pay to printer
“A publisher wants to charge me hundreds of dollars to ‘reprint’ something that is widely available for free online…”
“They’re quoting me hundreds of dollars to reproduce the text in my book. But, there are countless websites that have already quoted this exact text by that author…”
Tax Refunds of Tate Publishing’s Owners Will Be “Intercepted” by the Oklahoma Attorney General
PLUS: The Oklahoma Attorney General’s files about Tate Publishing have “mysteriously” vanished in the past week! Why?!
URGENT ALERT: Yes, Dog Ear Publishing’s Owner is THIS DUMB!! – …In the News 10/29/2020
MORE: Book sales higher than in the past decade?; “Wealthy” bookstore owner asks customers to save her own store?; Author shares her story about BookWhip Marketing, LLC; Victoria Strauss does NOT recommend EMP Entertainment, A&D Entertainment, nor T.A. Barron’s Once Upon a Villain Flash Fiction Contest; Consumer review of Write Your Best Book / Christina Kaye; Indie bookstores are still struggling and here’s how you can help!; 149-year old Salt Lake Tribune moving from daily to weekly + massive layoffs; and Pay for an ebook from Amazon…but you might lose it later!
“Amazon won’t remove the old listing for my book even though the publisher is out of business!”
“I was able to break the contract before they went out of business. However, my book is still advertised on Amazon Children’s Books, with all of the previous information, pricing, etc…”
