Published on January 17, 2025
author scams, copyrights, legal, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, Trademarks, writing scams

We’ve added dozens more companies to the post, with LOTS of details!
Published on January 8, 2025
author scams, book marketing, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, self-publishing, writing scams

After I wired $1,000 to a Delaware Bank, I received a phone call from a woman who identified herself as…
Published on January 2, 2025
Print on demand, self-publishing

You do NOT need to submit your final manuscript yet. You can sign up now to take advantage of this sale, and submit your manuscript for formatting later. We will work on YOUR schedule.
Published on December 19, 2024
author scams, book marketing, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

“Who are all the scammers that are trying to find me on the Internet?”
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
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

How many names does a company actually need to scam as many people as possible???
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 October 30, 2024
author, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice, writing scams

I mean, seriously… What did they THINK was going to happen?!?!
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 18, 2024
author, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

You won’t BELIEVE what we found this week!!!