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December 3, 2021

A Pay to Play Bookstore Scheme: The Reading Glass Books

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® I've recently gotten several reports of phone solicitations from a New Jersey-based books...
November 19, 2021

Small Press Storm Warnings: Hurn Publications, Dreaming Big Publications, Azure Spider Publications

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® HURN PUBLICATIONS I first heard of Hurn Publications (that's a link to an archived vers...
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November 12, 2021

An Editing Tale: Editor and Author Coach Christina Kaye of Write Your Best Book (aka Book Boss Academy)

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® I first heard about editor and author coach Christina Kaye (aka Christina Broaddus) last year...
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November 5, 2021

Bad Contract Alert: NovelCat

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® How cute is NovelCat's kitty logo? If only its contract were so adorable. NovelCat is y...
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October 22, 2021

A Critical Look at Scribd's Audiobook Reprint Contracts

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® This week I became aware that Scribd is engaging in a major push to acquire audiobook and eb...
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October 15, 2021

Contest Alert: Bardsy's "The Short and Long of It" NaNoWriMo Prep Contest

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® This post has been updated to reflect changes to the contest rules made by Bardsy. Scroll do...
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October 1, 2021

Another Reason to Just Say No to That Offer to Re-Publish Your Self-Pubbed Book

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® One of the identifying markers for the scores of publishing/marketing/fake literary agency s...
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September 17, 2021

#DisneyMustPay Update: Disney Is Still Not Paying

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® This past April, I wrote about writers' struggles to get Disney and Disney-owned publis...
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September 3, 2021

Very Weird Solicitation Alert: Monica Susan Main

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know I like the weird stuff. And this ...
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