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ALERT: Extremely Illiterate Scammer and Trademark Infringer Is Posing as Us on Telegram.org!!!

Published on September 16, 2023 author scams, complaints, writing career advice, writing scams

When an “employer” is not only clearly illiterate, but also asks YOU for money first, it’s clearly a scam!

Here’s an Example of How We Protect Our Readers from Scams

Published on August 25, 2023 author scams, complaints, writing scams

See if YOU can guess why we would never run this employment ad!

Author Hasn’t Been Able to Get in Contact with Stratton Press for 4 MONTHS!

Published on August 17, 2023 complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, pod complaints, Print on demand, self-publishing

Author wants the books she ordered AND copies of her files!

COMPLAINTS about Your Online Publicist / YourOnlinePublicist.com / (YOP)

Published on August 17, 2023 book marketing, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, promotional pitfalls

You’re not going to believe the comments posted online about this company!!

When It Comes To Unsolicited Book Marketing Offers: Buyer Beware! By Alina Adams

Published on July 28, 2023 author scams, book marketing, complaints, writing scams

These guys were ready for me…

WARNING AND PLEASE SHARE! AuthorUnit is Still Trying to Scam Authors!!

Published on July 28, 2023 author, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

Now they’re trying to lure authors away by lying about their publishers’ royalties!

OUCH! The BBB Has REVOKED Stratton Press Publishing’s Accreditation AND Given Them an F Rating. Find out why!

Published on June 29, 2023 author, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice

If you look at their lame responses to complaints on the BBB.org website, you can see that they did NOT follow the BBB’s rules. Not even close…

The Fall of Scribe Media: WOW! What a Sh*t Show!!

Published on June 24, 2023 complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, editing, ghostwriting, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing

Once I was alerted, I started reading and I could NOT STOP! I sent the link (see below) to my employees, and told them to fire up the microwave popcorn. It is THAT LONG and THAT BAD!!

“Why are companies with so many complaints still ‘accredited’ by the Better Business Bureau?”

Published on May 31, 2023 author, complaints, self-publishing, writing career advice

It says the marketing firm is accredited but there are lots of complaints posted there.

COMPLAINTS about Authors Press AND Westwood Books Publishing

Published on May 27, 2023 author, book marketing, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Print on demand, self-publishing

The detailed complaints on bbb.org are enough to make your jaw drop!