Published on March 23, 2025
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Remember that, just because a website isn’t doing ALL of these things does NOT mean they are legitimate!
Published on January 17, 2025
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We’ve added dozens more companies to the post, with LOTS of details!
Published on October 4, 2024
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#1 in the list shows the easiest way to spot a publishing scammer!
Published on September 28, 2024
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MORE: When someone contacts you on social media pretending to be a fellow author…; Rock star gains fans while sharing Christian faith at concerts; Amazon sued AGAIN for trademark infringement; Parents as MD supreme Court to allow them to opt kids out of LGBT lessons; Ohio newspaper blames Trump himself for the attempts on his life; Amazon workers told to go back to the office; Miley Cyrus accused of copyright infringement; and the feds have been spying on your social media activities!
Published on August 31, 2023
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“I learned today that there are books, articles, and even an old movie with the same title as my book…”
Published on June 10, 2023
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel, Trademarks

MORE: Indigo founder and half of board members step down; Amazon fined $30M for recording children in their own homes, and keeping those recordings for commercial purposes; The Writer’s Guild of America has a rapid response unit!; Meta/Facebook threatens to remove news content from its CA social media sites; OPEC shutting out some journalists; Husband and wife forgers fooled the art market and made millions; Publishers group apologizes for school textbook criticizing Christian missionaries in Ghana; Homes of reporter, her parents, and her editor attacked after sexual misconduct article published; Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in poop-themed dog toy trademark fight; and Biden names coordinator to work on book bans.
Published on December 8, 2022
amazon, book signing advice, bookstores, Censorship, copyrights, legal, Trademarks

MORE: Employers are hiring more people without college degrees; Supreme Court mulling parody/trademark infringement case regarding a dog chew toy; BBC reporter covering protests arrested in China; Actor/author denied story hour slot at libraries for his Christian children’s book; Amazon sued for false advertising over Prime delivery dates; and Amazon sued for taking drivers’ tips
Published on September 30, 2022
Censorship, copyrights, legal, Trademarks

MORE: News celebrity publishes book with positive message; Book details integration of women into the Navy; Author accused of multiple counts of plagiarism; Journalist who uncovering hundreds of fake PhD degrees is being punished by Russian government; Small tourist attraction sued for allegedly selling counterfeit items from “The Texas Chainsaw Masacre.”
Published on September 23, 2022
copyrights, legal, libel, self-publishing, Trademarks

Can you use real airline names in your work? It depends.
Published on April 1, 2021
author, copyrights, legal, self-publishing, Trademarks

“Another author published a book in 2015 that has the exactly same title as my book, which was published in 2010.”