Theft, owner narcissism, employee and author abuse, blatant stupidity, and so much more! Here are textbook examples of why publishing companies fail.
The abuser could sue. Not naming him can’t protect you from that.
Is your publisher feeding you one or more of these ridiculous, unbelievable excuses?
It feels like we’ve been watching an episode of American Publishing’s Most Wanted. Not many news stories have had me fired up as much as this one!
I hated to be snarky (actually, I didn’t hate it that much) but I had to tell her that…
“My friend left his book rights to me via an email message, and verbally. The estate claims it belongs to them. What do you think?”
Authors often think they can use emails from readers for marketing purposes without asking permission.
Did the cousin, who is now deceased, do this on purpose? And, what recourse does the co-author have?
Old yearbook photographers could seriously get into the litigation business with all of the copyright infringement occurring online right now!!
Can you pull short stories from the Internet and include them in your book? NO!
