Why You Should NEVER Let Your Editor or “Author Rep” Complete Your Publishing Contract!
An author’s rep “promised” to distribute royalties to the author’s children if she died. B.S.!
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FAMILY FIGHT! BookLocker Author Died After Earning More $200K in Royalties, and Then…
Think the heirs YOU chose will end up with YOUR copyrights and future royalties? Maybe not!
EPISODE 16: When An Author Dies, The Vultures Will Rise!
Think your family members will play nice once you kick the bucket? THINK AGAIN!
LIES USED BY SCAMMERS TO ENSNARE AUTHORS: “Guaranteed NYT Best Seller!” and “100% Money Back Guarantee!” – by James M. Walsh, Esq.
100% guarantees by foreign publishers are **100% SCAMS!**
A reader wants to know why my social media “picture” is a sketch…
Too many death threats!
EPISODE 12: James. M. Walsh, Esq. Answers YOUR Legal Questions About the Publishing Industry!
From libel to invasion of privacy in memoirs, to illegal copies of books being sold, to copyrighting of recipes, to writing about a 200-year-old incident, and so much more!
Do You Have Publishing Questions for an Attorney?
Free advice for authors and writers!
WHEN WILL IT STOP?! Meta (the owner of Facebook and Instagram) Now Accused of Profiting from Human Trafficking! – by James M. Walsh, Esq.
Meta profits from scammers and human traffickers running ads on their site and NOW they want to charge HONEST users $14.99/month to be “verified!”
Can you rewrite someone else’s book, and copyright it?
People think that everything on the Internet is free to use.
EPISODE 7: 9 New and Nasty Scams Targeting Authors
Angela, Brian, and attorney James M. Walsh dive into online scams targeting authors, exposing foreign schemes and sharing James’s own fascinating experience with fraud.