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Aug 27, 2018 · Another useful tool for me has been reading through Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) website complaints against vanity publishers by its customers, along with responses to the complaints from vanity publishers.
Oct 15, 2024 · Authors have also reported issues with receiving royalties, including checks being voided before they could be cashed. The company’s profile on the Better Business Bureau (BBB.org) reveals numerous complaints from other authors who have faced similar fraudulent experiences. Scammers Impersonating Folio Literary Management
Aug 21, 2019 · Stay safe, avoid scammers, and we know you’ll find the right professionals for your book soon enough! – Originally published on Aug 21, 2019. This guide exposes some of the most common scams and shows you how to identify which publishing companies to avoid.
- Riding the Coattails of Publishing Influencers. If you Google “Anne R. Allen,” about halfway down the SERP (Search Engine Results Page) — before a link to this blog — is an ad for a notorious vanity publisher.
- Vanity Publishers Posing as Big Five Publishers. Never underestimate the chutzpa of publishing scammers. One of the Philippines companies that broke off from the Author Solutions scam machine has been posing as “Hachette US” and may be masquerading as other members of the Big Five.
- Fraudster Marketing Companies that Use Names of Respected Publishing Professionals. Mass-spamming the general public with press releases or tweets is worth absolutely nothing.
- Boxed Sets That Promise USA Today Bestseller Status. I warned people about boxed set scams last year, because there were some that devolved into toxic cults, but there are new scammers in town, and charities have been ripped off as well as authors.
Jul 2, 2021 · Page Turner Press and Media is currently one of the most active and deceptive scams of its type. Its activities go far beyond the impersonation of film studios and production companies detailed below. In addition to selling overpriced re-publication packages, junk marketing, and fictitious services like “book insurance”, Page Turner has:
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.”
