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 November 20, 2024
legal, Paying Markets for Writers, welcomes new writers

“We specialize in providing legal information online through vetted lawyers and paralegals across the globe. Pays every other week, after article submission. Buys all rights. No reprints. Responds 1-3 business days. “Each writer will have a guidelines document and each topic we’re looking to write about has a proposed structure/summary/useful links.”
Pays $80-$130.
Published on November 17, 2024
amazon, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, Print on demand, self-publishing

Then, the Draft2Digital versions of my books were removed from Amazon as well!
Published on November 17, 2024
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Journalism, legal, writing scams

Since 1987, WritersWeekly.com has provided freelance job listings, paying markets, industry news, articles focused on how to make more money writing, thousands of warnings about bad actors in the writing and publishing communities, and so much more. WritersWeekly has, and always will be, completely free. And, WritersWeekly has never accepted paid advertisements. WritersWeekly has received […]
Published on November 17, 2024
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Journalism, legal, writing scams

Here is one example of how Facebook refused to remove the paid advertisement from one of the scammers…
Published on October 30, 2024
author, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal

Simple research can save authors worldwide from crawling into bed with this new generation of scammers!
Published on October 18, 2024
author, author scams, Censorship, complaints, legal, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing scams

An author who did not know any better might think he or she is not able to divulge the illegal activities of the “publisher,” including posting complaints on social media, websites, and…
Published on October 4, 2024
author scams, legal, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

Barnes & Noble called. They want to place my book in their bookstore.
Published on September 16, 2024
Journalism, legal

Charging people or not, based on their race, is racist in so many ways…