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COMPLAINTS about Ingram Spark / IngramSpark.com – by James M. Walsh, Esq.

Published on January 17, 2025 author, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Print on demand, self-publishing

Trust Pilot has more one-star reviews than I have time to count…

Update on Our Foreign Publishing Scammers Exposé

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!

WARNING about Genre Library Solutions / genrelibrarysolutions.com

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…

BookLocker’s 40% Off New Year’s Sale Ends on Friday at Midnight

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.

“I have no idea how to get my book noticed while avoiding scammers…”

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?”

Another SERIOUS Reason NOT to Use Amazon KDP to Publish Your Book; and much more! – In The News – 12/06/2024

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!!

WARNING about The Maple Staple Bookstore / Brilliant Books Literary / Bookside Press SCAM

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???

AWKWARD HOLIDAY GATHERINGS! When Relatives Say They Bought Your Book (But They Didn’t) by Angela Hoy, WritersWeekly.com, BookLocker.com, Abuzz Press and PubPreppers.com

Published on November 21, 2024 self-publishing

Over the years, in every case where a sale from a relative was never reported by Ingram or us, it has been the result of the relative fibbing to the author about buying their book so as not to hurt the author’s feelings.