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Mar 6, 2024 · With a quarter of people receiving suspicious emails every day, it’s becoming more difficult to separate genuine emails from those designed by fraudsters. Below, we detail five email scams to watch out for right now and how you can spot and avoid these emails.
Oct 15, 2024 · Red flags include the unsolicited contact, suspicious email domain (hachettebooks.co), unrealistically quick evaluation timeframe (15 days), and vague promises of discussing “publishing rights contract price” upon selection.
Aug 27, 2018 · Summary. The warning signs of a scam publisher. Watch out for publishing companies that make you an offer that includes the word free. It is a signal that you should be very suspicious. Offering free manuscript appraisal, a free handbook, free book marketing, or free editing is common.
Sep 5, 2021 · Publishing scammers are contacting writers every day. Their scams get bolder and more diabolical. Here's how to stay safe from them.
Aug 13, 2020 · Scammers–the same Philippines-based Author Solutions copycats that I’ve featured numerous times in this blog (also see the long, long list in the sidebar)–are impersonating reputable literary agents and agencies in order to bamboozle writers into buying worthless “services.”
Aug 21, 2019 · To help you protect your work, your bank account, and your dignity, we're going to highlight some of the shady companies you should avoid — and give you tips on how to spot a publishing scam at ten paces.
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Nov 9, 2021 · We're sensible indie authors, we can often sniff a scam out. But scammers are getting smarter and it's getting harder to tell a legitimate email from a scam. In today's Alliance of Independent Authors Watchdog post, John Doppler explains how to tell the legitimate from the scam.
