Yipee more scams!
Dont pay for promotional content people!
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New #WriterBeware blog post: I'm getting a lot of reports of a new impersonation scam using the names of prominent editors to make referrals to fake literary agents and "book doctors"--though it comes from a familiar source and uses tried-and-true scam techniques writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/w...
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Check Writer Beware for any discussion about bad contracts. Pay attention. This is due diligence. There ARE bad markets out there. Always check. If a contract sounds off, run it by other good readers with legal background. Don't be desperate.
#writingcommunity #booksky #writerbeware #markets
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#writingcommunity This is a great deep dive by Victoria into a supposed book to film adaptation company cold emailing authors. Read the article, tell your author friends that Woodside Motion, Apex Media Global and The Creative Portal are not to be trusted. #writerbeware
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New #WriterBeware blog post: If you're one of many who has gotten an email from a company called Woodside Motion claiming to be scouting books for possible film adaptation, and you're wondering what the deal is...here is my deep dive into what the deal is. writerbeware.blog/2026/03/20/t...
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Semper Anticus Press have published just 1 book - Adam Rowan's. Rowan is pushing hard on Instagram/Bsky for #indieauthors to submit their work to him. Ordinarily, a start-up indie publisher could be given the benefit of the doubt, but the connection with pay-for-review is predatory. #writerbeware
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ayup, and the second one just responded with a very floury email, containing this line: "There is a one time submission fee"
Yet another scam to rake money off indie #writers
This was "The Cambridge and Boston Book Club Spotlight"
#writerbeware
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I am getting emails from people claiming to be the organizers of book clubs, and inviting me to have my latest book "spotlighted". The first one was quite upfront that there would be a $150 fee, the second one was fairly effusive about my book, and has so far not made any payment demands.
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Let's talk about the beta reading scam epidemic. I've put together everything I've learned about spotting the fakes, and where to actually find readers you can trust. #writingcommunity #writerbeware
www.novlr.org/the-reading-...
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Victoria Strauss: "the worst environment for writing and publishing scams that I’ve ever seen.”
Gift article from The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/books/review/...
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A warning from @pw.org: "We do not ask writers for money to promote their books, and we do not offer editing or website design services. These are phishing scams. If you receive an offer you are unsure about, please contact us."
info@pw.org
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New #WriterBeware blog post: a new lawsuit over unpaid royalties exposes the challenges of work-for-hire arrangements, in context of a complicated background of repeated transfers of IP ownership writerbeware.blog/2026/02/20/a...
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Another one for #writerbeware
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Writer Beware's 2025 year-in-review is essential reading for authors. Victoria Strauss covers the biggest threats writers faced last year.
#WritingCommunity #WriterBeware #AuthorLife #PublishingScams
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Do not fall for phony "contests" that are nothing but stings to grab ownership of your work!
As Harper's shows big names do not equal ethics!
Always read the rules carefully!
Right to first publication only for winners and everything else is your property unless compensated.
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New #WriterBeware blog post: the return of two "bewares" that I thought had been resolved: a short story contest conducted by Harper's Bazaar magazine with author-unfriendly guidelines, and a notorious scam name risen from the dead (though with different intent) writerbeware.blog/2026/02/06/u...
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💙📚My wife, author Toni Bellon received a phone call today saying they were with Global Broadcast Network and for $1400 could get her on television, pods, etc A scam!
See the press release from the REAL Global Broadcast Network and be careful
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#author
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New #WriterBeware blog post: More gen AI-driven scams from Nigeria, aimed at tricking writers into paying for editing. As with other Nigerian AI scams, they're very roundabout, involving several intervening steps before getting to the editing referral writerbeware.blog/2026/01/30/t...
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The Best of Writer Beware 2025 is here — all the biggest publishing scams, red flags, and industry lessons you need to know before you query or sign anything. buff.ly/xHjiffd #publishing #amwriting #WriterBeware #WritingTips #WritersLife #WritingCommunity
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New #WriterBeware blog post: my annual look back at the topics the Writer Beware blog covered in 2025. Scams, of course, but also contracts, copyright, generative AI, and more. If you missed any of our posts last year, here's your chance to catch up writerbeware.blog/2026/01/16/b...
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There's a lot of scams targeting authors going around from people pretending to be famous authors such as Stephen King or Rebecca Yarros. All you writers out there, stay vigilant!
#BookSky 📚💙 #writerbeware #scams
writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
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New #WriterBeware blog post: why writers should consider reverting their rights if they can, especially in context of the Anthropic settlement and other AI copyright lawsuits writerbeware.blog/2026/01/09/r...
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New at #WriterBeware: I go in-depth on the most problematic clauses in that Shadow Light Press contract. This isn't just a publisher "beware": exposing bad contract language helps writers understand not just what they should avoid, but what they should demand. writerbeware.blog/2025/12/19/w...
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Oh look! A #scam, in my inbox!
I checked out their site so you dont have to. It’s blank junk littered with google translate
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New #WriterBeware blog post: Amazon just rolled out a new gen AI-powered feature for Kindle called Ask This Book. In effect, it's an in-book chatbot, which raises rights concerns...and currently, rightsholders can't opt out
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New #WriterBeware blog post: per a report by @publisherslunch.bsky.social, Amazon's new gen AI-powered "Ask This Book" feature for Kindle is, in effect, an "in-book chatbot" writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
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A scammer impersonating philosopher Jürgen Habermas tried to recruit me into a fake book-promotion scheme.
Identity theft + social engineering = modern cybercrime.
Full breakdown → rohandrake.substack.com
#ScamAwareness #CyberCrime #WriterBeware
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New #WriterBeware blog post: Among the most frequent publisher complaints I receive: non-payment of royalties and failure to provide sales reports. A look at three recent offenders, who collectively owe thousands that it seems unlikely authors will be able to recoup writerbeware.blog/2025/11/21/r...
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HUGE eye-opening article from @author-sara-a-noe.bsky.social about IngramSpark's deceptive discount practices.
#SelfPublishing
#WriterSky
#WritingCommunity
#IndieAuthor
#WriterBeware
onthecobblestoneroad.com/ingramspark-...
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More in-depth link to this scam in particular: writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/r...
Link to Writer Beware website (you can also sign up for their newsletter, which I find interesting and helpful): writerbeware.blog (3/3)
#WriterBeware #bookclubemailscam #ScamEmails #publicserviceannouncement
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