Published on June 1, 2024
author scams, copyrights, Journalism, legal, writing scams
MORE: Writer Beware exposes the scam of book licensing; Wall Street Journal is laying off more folks despite profits; Cher wins royalties lawsuit from Sonny Bono’s widow; Twitter sued for $250M by music publishers; Writer claims a viral post on Substack about book sales got statistics wrong; and Three authors have filed a class-action lawsuit, saying their books were used to train AI by Nvidia.
Published on May 18, 2024
author scams, writing scams
Once in awhile, these scammers stoop to a new low.
Published on May 18, 2024
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, ghostwriting, writing scams
Did one of their people really wish death upon an author?!?!
Published on May 10, 2024
author, author scams, book marketing, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice
After an author contacted me, it literally took me five minutes of Googling to find this stuff!
Published on May 3, 2024
author, author scams, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls
Delete all their intrusive and annoying e-mails and texts, and move on with your life.
Published on April 12, 2024
author, author scams, editing, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice
I can’t even count the number of authors who have told me they hired an editor who actually screwed up their book.
Published on March 29, 2024
author scams, book marketing, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, pod complaints, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing
“Authors Press contacted me about adding my book to its network for a fee of $800…”
Published on March 23, 2024
author, author scams, copyrights, libraries, promoting your writing, write that book
You don’t wanna miss this one!
Published on March 23, 2024
author scams, copyrights, legal, writing scams
How one scammer tried to steal an author’s royalties from the publisher!
Published on March 9, 2024
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing
When a publisher isn’t paying its authors’ royalties, where is the money going???
