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April 17, 2020

Contest Scam Alert: Legaia Books Online Book Competition

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® When is a literary contest not a literary contest? When its purpose is to make money ...
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March 31, 2020

Copyright Violation Redux: The Internet Archive's National Emergency Library

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® The enormous digital archive that is the  Internet Archive  encompasses many different...
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March 26, 2020

Space Kadet: The Twisted Tale of a Sad, Sad Internet Troll

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® Scroll down for updates A couple of weeks ago, my Twitter warning about an amateur l...
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March 16, 2020

Writer Beware in the Time of Coronavirus

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My home office, with feline assistant. Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® I rarely make personal posts on this blog. But,...
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March 13, 2020

Beware: Pigeon House Literary / Druella Burhan

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® The internet and social media have transformed writer/agent/publisher interactions in ...
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February 27, 2020

Mass Contract Cancellations at Mystery Publisher Henery Press

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® Beginning on Friday, February 8, dozens of authors with mystery publisher Henery Press ...
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February 14, 2020

Should You Pay To Display Your Book At BookExpo? (Short Answer: No)

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® BookExpo  (formerly known as BookExpo America, but still referred to as BEA) is the US&...
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February 7, 2020

The Impersonation Game

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog. It's a familiar meme ...which can b...
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January 24, 2020

Junk Book Marketing: Pay-to-Play Magazines

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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® Scroll down for updates On this blog and elsewhere, I spend a lot of time warning a...
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