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SCAM ALERT! “Best Seller Book Writing / bestsellerbookwriting.com promised to get my book into Barnes and Noble!”

Published on August 27, 2026 author scams, book marketing, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, promotional pitfalls, Publishing Scams, writing scams

SCAM ALERT! “Best Seller Book Writing / bestsellerbookwriting.com promised to get my book into Barnes and Noble!”

That is NOT how the industry works, folks!!!

A Scammer Wants Us DEAD! AGAIN!! We Posted the Entire Email! – by Brian Whiddon, Managing Editor

Published on August 27, 2026 author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, Networking, Publishing Scams, social media, writing scams

A Scammer Wants Us DEAD! AGAIN!! We Posted the Entire Email! – by Brian Whiddon, Managing Editor

This as a sure sign that scammers are losing a LOT of money from our advocacy work! And, we’re not stopping!!!

Do NOT Work With Companies That Have Lovable.app in Their Website Addresses!

Published on August 11, 2026 author, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, Publishing Scams, writing scams

Do NOT Work With Companies That Have Lovable.app in Their Website Addresses!

Lovable.app is a HOTBED for scammers!!!

WARNINGS about Prime Publishing Press, Prime Publishing Labs, and Global Ink House (which all appear to be the same company) – by Robert Taft

Published on July 31, 2026 author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, Publishing Scams, self-publishing, writing scams

WARNINGS about Prime Publishing Press, Prime Publishing Labs, and Global Ink House (which all appear to be the same company) – by Robert Taft

This scammer tried to trick the author into paying them (not the IRS) capital gains taxes on sales that NEVER HAPPENED!

EPISODE 51: AI ABOMINATION! AI Companies are Buying Millions of Rare Books, Scanning Them, and Then SHREDDING THEM!!!

Published on July 31, 2026 Artificial Intelligence (AI), author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, social media, writing scams

EPISODE 51: AI ABOMINATION! AI Companies are Buying Millions of Rare Books, Scanning Them, and Then SHREDDING THEM!!!

Learn how AI is making millions of print books disappear.

This Author Got Tricked by an Amazon KDP Impersonator – by Andrew L. and Angela Hoy

Published on July 31, 2026 author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Publishing Scams, writing scams

This Author Got Tricked by an Amazon KDP Impersonator – by Andrew L. and Angela Hoy

Prime KDP is NOT Amazon KDP!!!

EPISODE 50: Real Stories of Authors Who Saved Thousands After Contacting WritersWeekly About Potential Publishing Scams

Published on July 23, 2026 author scams, book marketing, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, Publishing Scams, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, WritersWeekly Podcast, writing scams

EPISODE 50: Real Stories of Authors Who Saved Thousands After Contacting WritersWeekly About Potential Publishing Scams

In the past 7 days, we’ve saved authors who were about to get scammed $28K! In the past 2 years, we’ve saved authors $2.9 MILLION!!!

“Is International Writers’ Chronicle a Scam? (I suspect it is.)”

Published on July 22, 2026 author scams, book marketing, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, writing scams

“Is International Writers’ Chronicle a Scam? (I suspect it is.)”

It DEFINITELY looks like a scam, so we did some digging…

ANOTHER IMPERSONATION SCAM! WARNING about the FAKE BookEnds Literary Agency AND the FAKE WriteLux – by Stephen Bye

Published on July 17, 2026 author scams, complaints, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, Publishing Scams, self-publishing, writing career advice, writing scams

ANOTHER IMPERSONATION SCAM! WARNING about the FAKE BookEnds Literary Agency AND the FAKE WriteLux – by Stephen Bye

1 scammer pretending to be multiple people, and impersonating 2 legitimate companies!

“Book marketer ‘Lauren Foster’ asked me to wire money to somebody named Abdulkareem?”

Published on July 17, 2026 author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, editing, ghostwriting, Networking, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, Publishing Scams, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

“Book marketer ‘Lauren Foster’ asked me to wire money to somebody named Abdulkareem?”

Let’s count the red flags together! Remember to CONTACT ANGELA at WritersWeekly BEFORE sending money to ANYONE! She helps authors for FREE! 🙂

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