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…
Angela and Brian explore NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), its history, mission, and the surprising recent announcement that the beloved nonprofit will be shutting down.
Angela and Brian reveal how WritersWeekly fights global publishing scams and share practical steps to help you verify if a publishing company is legitimate or fraudulent.
Angela and Brian expose the surge in global scams targeting writers—using slick websites, social media, and calls to sell bogus writing and book-to-movie services.
We’ve found common traits that quickly show that a company is scamming authors.
We’ve added dozens more companies to the post, with LOTS of details!
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He stole 9 articles from us, and we’re sure he stole from others as well!!
#1 in the list shows the easiest way to spot a publishing scammer!
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!!
