Published on March 20, 2025
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How to avoid making book inebriation-induced mistakes on your publishing journey…
Published on March 20, 2025
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Researching one publishing scammer leads to finding SEVEN MORE!
Published on March 20, 2025
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A new kind of scam! Scammers that offer to help the victims get their money back.
Published on March 13, 2025
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I keep getting emailed by companies calling themselves “hybrid publishers.” What does that mean?
Published on March 1, 2025
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Had they just skulked away, and not tried to intimidate me (a victim) and Angela (a journalist), there would only be…
Published on February 27, 2025
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HINT: Do NOT hire anyone (and I mean ANYONE!!) running paid ads on Facebook right now! It’s a cesspool of fraud! Here’s who we recommend…
Published on February 22, 2025
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Meta Platforms, Inc. (the owner of Facebook) is NOT immune from Federal criminal prosecution…
Published on February 22, 2025
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They had to be threatened with legal action to get the first lot of royalties, and they forgot to send me the second royalty statement…
Published on February 13, 2025
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Trustpilot can censor true negative reviews (as they originally did to me). Yet, there are countless fake five-star reviews on their website…
Published on February 3, 2025
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“He sends me short questions, one at a time. I respond to each email quickly. Then, he sends me more and more emails…”