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“My lawyer says I can’t be sued because everything in my book is true.”
I’m always shocked when I hear this…
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My publisher appears to have gone out of business, but my book is still selling on Amazon.
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It’s pretty pathetic when a company is happy to take hundreds or thousands of dollars from you, knowing all the while that YOU might get sued some day for something you included in your book…
An article that has the exact same title as my book. Can I sue?
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