Published on May 14, 2025
author, author scams, complaints, copyrights, social media, writing career advice, writing scams

Did you know they have schools in Nigeria that teach kids how to run online scams? And, in some countries, it is considered honorable to rip off Americans. Who are YOU sending your money to?
Published on May 5, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI), copyrights, legal, writing career advice

The creativity-destructive AI malady has not only affected students (who too often are already lazy) but many writers as well…
Published on April 12, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI), copyrights, legal, social media

Internal communications obtained in discovery clearly indicated that Meta employees were acutely aware that harvesting data from LibGen to “educate” its generative AI software posed substantial legal risks…
Published on March 23, 2025
author, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, legal, Trademarks, writing scams

We’ve found common traits that quickly show that a company is scamming authors.
Published on January 17, 2025
author scams, copyrights, legal, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, Trademarks, writing scams

We’ve added dozens more companies to the post, with LOTS of details!
Published on December 6, 2024
Censorship, copyrights, Journalism, legal, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing

MORE: Librarians forced to deal with violence on the job; WARNING about Edioak and House of Pages; Massive layoffs at CNN; Books aren’t the only artistic things being forged!; Book Guard targets authors; HarperCollins is selling its authors’ manuscripts to an AI company; and Start-up Spines mocked for charging authors $5K for AI editing!!
Published on December 5, 2024
complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, legal, writing scams

He stole 9 articles from us, and we’re sure he stole from others as well!!
Published on October 4, 2024
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, Print on demand, self-publishing, Trademarks, traditional publishing, writing scams

#1 in the list shows the easiest way to spot a publishing scammer!
Published on September 28, 2024
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

We couldn’t wait even one more minute to warn all of you about this elaborate scam that is funneling authors’ money to companies in South and Southeast Asia, and beyond!!
Published on September 28, 2024
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, self-publishing, writing scams

Scam publisher PublishingMojo.com is upset with WritersWeekly about my previous article. Here’s my response!