Q – “Should I write about abuse I endured as a child if the abuser is still living?”
“One of the abusers is still living. I have no contact with that person. He is a sociopath. I would not name him in any book I would write, but I would have to…”
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AUTHORS: Are you a victim of royalty theft? Here are the signs!
Is your publisher feeding you one or more of these ridiculous, unbelievable excuses?
First Lady Libel; Big Media Layoffs; Teens Robbing Newstands; Congresswoman Deletes Tweets; and so much more! Whispers and Warnings 02-01-2019
1st Lady Settles Suit, Printing Plant Goes to Pot, Media Layoffs, VPNs Targeted, Congresswoman Deletes Tweets, Apple Privacy Bug, Publisher Sued by Printer for $15M; Teens Robbing Newsstands in NY
How a Lone Bookkeeper Killed a 49-Year-Old Literary Agency
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!
ROYALTY REFUSAL? A Charity Gets RUDE After I Try to Fulfill an Author’s Last Wish
I hated to be snarky (actually, I didn’t hate it that much) but I had to tell her that…
“My friend left me the rights to his book. His estate disagrees. I have email proof! What do I do?!”
“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?”
Can a Ghostwriter Be Sued for Libel or Invasion of Privacy?
“A woman wants me to ghostwrite a book about her abusive childhood? This makes me nervous. Could I be sued?”
CreateSpace GONE as Amazon forces authors into a different program. Higher costs? Slower royalty payments? And, Angry authors! – Whispers and Warnings – 08/30/18
Amazon kills CreateSpace, forces authors to KDP Print – and people are UPSET!; Tate Publishing owners – will they EVER go to trial?; TrueLine Publishing employees claims she was drugged at Christmas Party; and more juicy stories!
AUTHOR ALERT! Can Your Book’s “REVIEWS” Get You Sued? Yep!
Many publishers, knowing they aren’t legally liable for the content of their authors’ books, nor for their authors’ marketing activities, will not inform those authors of these types of potential problems. At BookLocker, we always treat others as we’d like to be treated so we never hesitate to alert an author when they’re about to make a really, really big mistake.
“My cousin and I co-wrote a book but then she left my name off of it!”
Did the cousin, who is now deceased, do this on purpose? And, what recourse does the co-author have?
