If an author has any enemies (or suspected enemies), I recommend he or she remove those people from their social media friends’ lists, as well as their email lists long before marketing of a new book begins…
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?
Being told you have to buy insurance to close a book distribution deal? Sounds fishy because it is.
Offering something for nothing is a really dumb business model. While working with a “free” company may seem tempting to some authors, these firms typically go belly-up pretty quickly. And, some end up ripping their former authors off for years after the firm’s demise…while holding those authors’ books hostage.
We received the following FAKE copyright infringement accusation this week via email…
I haven’t been paid a dime, but there are used copies of my book on Amazon. Well no, those aren’t really used copies.
Ah, “hybrid.” Such a cool sounding word, right? But…
Sadly, some authors will fall for this type of scam.
“Because I hear so many horror stories about companies like this agency scamming authors (and yes, they approached me first!), I’m…”
Elderly authors are easy marks for scammers and thieves. Today, I’ll share the stories of several (semi-)fictional victims. These represent a combination of horror stories we’ve heard over the years.
