“Where are these ‘book marketing’ companies finding my phone number?!”
“Did my publisher sell my information to these companies? Did someone else?”
writing scams
Is This REALLY a Client You Should Keep Working With?
Later, he claimed he’d already paid for that work but he had not. He always acts happy and appreciates my work until it’s time to pay me…
Is someone trashing you online? Here’s how to turn that libel into profits!
“While healthy competition isn’t a bad thing, what happened next was awful. The owner of the website started posting negative reviews about my service online. She has never used my service. As far as I know, she and I are the only ones offering this service. She posts under different names but the claims made and the writing style show it’s the same person…”
INSULTING! “I need a writer to write my story but I don’t have money. Will they do it for a share of the royalties?”
“I have a story that must be written. The world needs to see it! I’m certain movie companies will be interested in it. I am not a writer so I need someone to help me with it. I can’t pay them…”
“My publisher is scamming authors. I have my production files. Can BookLocker print them for me?”
“Can BookLocker help me get my book back on the market – and how fast can you do it?”
What’s the #1 Hidden Trap Authors Fall Into When Self-Publishing? by Brian P. Whiddon, Managing Editor
In this article, we will discuss authors being held captive by publishers who, through very unethical means, hold authors hostage after they sign up, and pay thousands for that publisher’s services…
“I’m willing to pay someone to promote my book…but who should I hire?”
“I’m getting a lot emails from book promotion sites. Are these legitimate sites? Do they really help sell books? Are they worth the money?”
“Should I pay a book review site $1.50 for every copy of my ebook that they give away for free?”
Why in the world would an author PAY people to read his or her book rather than the other way around?!?! I’m having a hard time trying to think of a worse book review deal for authors!
We Owe Our Readers a HUGE Apology for Introducing Them to THIS ABUSIVE SCAMMER! – by Brian P. Whiddon, Managing Editor (a.k.a. “Secret Squirrel”)
We genuinely care about our readers, and everyone who has helped BookLocker.com and WritersWeekly.com become successful all these years. We never want to be indirectly responsible for anyone suffering abuse at the hands of an editor…
Book Marketing Scams!
“I wanted to forward this to you and get your perspective on it. I have received a number of emails from people wanting to “market” my book, but…”
