Publishing Scams

EXTREME WARNING ABOUT Beacon Chapter Circle / Calla Rowan

Published on May 22, 2026 author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, Publishing Scams, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing scams

EXTREME WARNING ABOUT Beacon Chapter Circle / Calla Rowan

A fake name, a fake picture, a fake “financial assistant,” illegal impersonation, and SO MUCH MORE!

AUTHOR ALMOST LOST $50K!! We Saved an Author from a FAKE “Fox” Movie Deal, Which is Connected to a Known Publishing Scammer! By Angela Hoy and James M. Walsh, Esq.

Published on December 17, 2025 author scams, copyrights, legal, movie rights scams, Publishing Scams, writing scams

AUTHOR ALMOST LOST $50K!! We Saved an Author from a FAKE “Fox” Movie Deal, Which is Connected to a Known Publishing Scammer! By Angela Hoy and James M. Walsh, Esq.

A FAKE Fox Entertainment Executive, a FAKE WGA screenwriter, and a FAKE literary agent! Are all three the same person???

WARNING from $40,000 Elderly Victim of The Book Professionals / TheBookProfessionals.com

Published on September 12, 2025 author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, legal, Print on demand, Publishing Scams, self-publishing, writing scams

WARNING from $40,000 Elderly Victim of The Book Professionals / TheBookProfessionals.com

My daughters went undercover, and learned that this company was already on the FBI’s radar!

Money Mule! Has Someone Online Asked You to Innocently Accept Money on Their Behalf? By Angela Hoy and James M. Walsh, Esq.

Published on September 12, 2025 author scams, complaints, legal, Print on demand, Publishing Scams, self-publishing, writing scams

Money Mule! Has Someone Online Asked You to Innocently Accept Money on Their Behalf? By Angela Hoy and James M. Walsh, Esq.

Could you get scammed online, go to jail, AND lose all your assets?!

Scammers Feigning Interest in Your Book?

Published on August 21, 2025 author, author scams, Publishing Scams, writing scams

Scammers Feigning Interest in Your Book?

Three signs this email was from a scammer.

BEWARE! How to Determine if a “Literary Agent” is Legit or a Crook

Published on June 26, 2025 author scams, Publishing Scams, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

BEWARE! How to Determine if a “Literary Agent” is Legit or a Crook

Real literary agents do NOT reach out to authors via email or cold calls.

DON’T MISS THIS ONE! Genre Library Solutions / genrelibrarysolutions.com Tries to Trick Us Into Removing Our Warning About Them; Gets Caught Committing Additional Fraud Instead!!!

Published on June 6, 2025 author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Publishing Scams, writing scams

DON’T MISS THIS ONE! Genre Library Solutions / genrelibrarysolutions.com Tries to Trick Us Into Removing Our Warning About Them; Gets Caught Committing Additional Fraud Instead!!!

This company earned EXTRA negative exposure on WritersWeekly for trying to con us into removing our warning about them!

Yet ANOTHER “Book Fair” Scam!

Published on June 5, 2025 author scams, Publishing Scams, writing scams

Yet ANOTHER “Book Fair” Scam!

The company promises to display my book in a famous annual book fair.