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2026 24

  1. Author Complaints at Starfish Bay Publishing
  2. More Rights Grabs from Must Read Magazines
  3. How Those Personalized Generative AI Scam Emails Are Built
  4. Love v. Wiley Book Writers: A Publishing Scam Gets a Rare Comeuppance
  5. Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Publishers Are Making Incorrect Claims on Authors’ Payouts
  6. Production Companies, Literary Agents, Foreign Languages: AI-Driven Scams Continue to Morph
  7. Guest Post: A Narrow Escape From an Impersonation Scam
  8. The AALA Makes Significant Updates to Its Canon of Ethics
  9. Anthropic Settlement Update: Final Settlement Approved
  10. Anthropic Settlement Update: The Opt-Outs Strike Back
  11. The First Clue to an Email Scam May Be the Address
  12. Guest Blog Post: Can a Flawed US Legal System Discourage Fraud? A Look at the PageTurner Scam Prosecution
  13. Has the Anthropic Settlement Changed Everything?
  14. Book Festival Scams, Interview Fakes: Two New AI-Driven Impersonation Scams to Avoid
  15. Anthropic Copyright Settlement: April Update
  16. Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses
  17. The Two Faces of Woodside Motion Co.
  18. Deadline Approaching to File a Claim in the Anthropic Settlement
  19. Not Simon & Schuster: Deconstructing an Impersonation Scam
  20. Authors and Authors’ Estates Sue The Topps Company for Unpaid Royalties
  21. Unhappy Returns: Harper’s Bazaar Short Story Contest, America Star Books
  22. Two New Impersonation Scams to Watch For
  23. Best of Writer Beware: 2025 in Review
  24. Reversion Redux

2025 30

  1. Why These Contract Clauses Are Scary
  2. Kindle’s New Gen AI-Powered “Ask This Book” Feature Raises Rights Concerns
  3. Royalties in Arrears: Mango Publishing / Blushing Books / Bottlecap Press
  4. If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam
  5. Predatory Opt-Outs: The Speculators Come for the Anthropic Copyright Settlement
  6. The Anthropic Class Action Settlement: What You Need to Know Right Now
  7. Army of Bots: Deeper Into the Vortex of Nigerian Book Marketing Scams
  8. Bartz v. Anthropic Settlement: An Update for Authors
  9. Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams
  10. Protecting Intellectual Property: What Writers Need to Know About Copyright
  11. If Your Publisher Promised to Register Your Copyright, Check Your Registration Now
  12. Author Complaints, Conflicts of Interest at Fortis Publishing
  13. Bartz v Anthropic: Find Out if You May Be Part of This Class Action
  14. Return of the Nigerian Prince: A New Twist on Book Marketing Scams
  15. Contract Controversy (and Change) at Must Read Magazines
  16. When an Interview Isn’t Exactly What It Seems: NewYox Media and Its Suite of Magazines
  17. Moral Rights: What Writers Need to Know
  18. Why the Bankruptcy Clause in Your Publishing Contract May Not Protect You
  19. Bankruptcies of Unbound and Albert Whitman & Co Put Authors Between a Rock and a Hard Place
  20. Two to Avoid: Book Order Scams and Fake Reviews
  21. Guest Post: My Twenty-Four Hour Dream
  22. Generative AI and Copyrightability: Report From the US Copyright Office
  23. A New Scam to Watch For: “Pre-Paid” Agent Commissions
  24. Author Complaints at Clear Fork Press
  25. Are Writers Uniquely Vulnerable to Scams?
  26. Cheap Promo is No Bargain: The Promo Website Empire of Alwin Gnanaraj
  27. Turning Copyright on Its Head: The UK’s Proposed AI Copyright Exception
  28. USA Pen Press: The Ghostwriting Scam of a Thousand Websites
  29. Best of Writer Beware: 2024 in Review
  30. Karma’s a Bitch: The Law Catches Up With PageTurner Press and Media

2024 32

  1. A Quick Pre-Holiday Warning for Authors: Guard Your Credit
  2. When Royalty Language in Publishing Contracts Isn’t What it Seems
  3. Failing the Reality Check: Independent Literary Recognition Guild and Acquisition Database
  4. Book Guard: “Anti-Scam Protection” That’s Anything But
  5. Dogging the Watchdog Redux: Someone Else is Impersonating Writer Beware
  6. Edioak and House of Pages: Lots of Questions, Questionable Answers
  7. Just for Authors: Writer Beware’s Go-To Online Resources
  8. Some Rare Accountability for a Fake Literary Agency Operation
  9. Wolves in Authors’ Clothing: Beware Social Media Marketing Scams
  10. Facing Author Lawsuits, Shawline Publishing Re-Brands as New Found Books
  11. The Latest Fake Literary Agencies
  12. The Literary Reporter: A New Book Promo Site That’s Rather Less Than It Appears
  13. Evaluating Publishing Contracts: Six Ways You May Be Sabotaging Yourself
  14. The Curious Case of Fullers Library and Its Deceptive Link Requests
  15. Cheated, Swindled, or Scammed: What’s a Writer to Do?
  16. The Latest Impersonation Scams
  17. From Motionflick Studios to Snow Day Film: The Evolution of a Book-to-Film Scam
  18. Guest Post: Disney, Books, and the Copyright Claims Board
  19. Alert: A Scammer is Impersonating the Alliance of Independent Authors
  20. Contract Critique: Dashtoon
  21. Guest Post: How a Book Really Becomes a Movie
  22. The Scam of “Book Licensing”
  23. To CCB or Not to CCB: The Question is Still Out
  24. The Impersonation List
  25. Author Complaints at City Owl Press
  26. Coping With Scams: Suggestions for Changing Your Mindset
  27. Outrage Over New Terms of Use at Findaway Voices Forces Change
  28. The Scam of Book Returns Insurance
  29. Bad Contract Alert: NovelSnack/AnyStories/Readink
  30. Peak Fake: A Scam Website Impersonating Macmillan Publishers
  31. Contest Caution: Script Writing Audition from Silent Manga Audition
  32. Best of Writer Beware: 2023 in Review

2023 35

  1. A Message at Year’s End
  2. How to Spot a Fake Literary Agency
  3. Author Complaints at LR Publishing London Ltd. (formerly LR Price Publications Ltd.)
  4. Two New Solicitation Bewares: DiscoverPublishers.com and Reseller Ventures
  5. Artificial Intelligence and Copyright: SFWA’s Comments to the US Copyright Office
  6. Contest Caution: Lichfield Institute Writing Contest
  7. Imposter Syndrome: The Rise of Impersonation Scams
  8. Why Writer Beware Doesn’t Recommend or Endorse Agents or Publishers
  9. Vanity Radio and TV: Think Twice Before Paying for Interviews
  10. Cautions: Babelcube, Barnes & Noble Book Order Scams, Audiobook Order Scam (Featuring a Fake Non-Profit)
  11. Anatomy of a Fake Film Company Scam: The Greendot Films / Better Bound House
  12. Dear Author, Are You Human? Certifying Authenticity In the AI Age
  13. Dogging the Watchdog: In Which a Scammer Tries to Troll Me
  14. Contract, Payment Delays at the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
  15. How Scammers Are Using Amazon and Amazon Trademarks to Rip Writers Off
  16. Small Press Storm Warnings: Adelaide Books, Propertius Press, TouchPoint Press
  17. When the Copyright Trolls Came for Me
  18. Copyright, Contracts, and AI-Generated Material
  19. Call For Change: Current and Former New Leaf Literary & Media Authors Speak Out
  20. Termination Fees in Publishing Contracts: Not Just Bad for Authors
  21. Editing Clauses in Publishing Contracts: What to Watch For
  22. Guest Post: The Book Marketing Scam That Went the Extra Mile
  23. Anatomy of a Fake Literary Agency Scam: Acquisitions NY / Bennett Media & Marketing
  24. Rights vs. Copyright: Untangling the Confusion
  25. Alert: Scammers Impersonating Video Streaming Services With Fake Job Offers
  26. One Week, Two Fakes: American Booksellers Federation and The Acquisitions Guild
  27. Spam Alert: 4 Seasons Book Awards
  28. When Your Publishing Contract Flies a Red Flag: Clauses to Watch Out For
  29. Scam Alert: Scammers Impersonating the Strand Bookstore
  30. Findaway Voices, Machine Learning, and the New Rights Frontier
  31. Peak Fake: United Writers Organization and the Perpetual Eagle Awards
  32. Update: Author Complaints at Adelaide Books
  33. Bad Contract Alert: Webnovel
  34. Copyright Claims Board: Mid-January Update
  35. The Best of Writer Beware: 2022 in Review

2022 34

  1. Happy Holidays
  2. The “Mexican Film Director” Scam
  3. Why You Might Not Want to Use Wire Transfer or Payment Apps to Pay For Publishing Services
  4. How to (Maybe) Get Out of Your Contract When Your Scam Re-Publisher Ghosts You
  5. Long-Standing Payment Problems At Cricket Media
  6. Whatever Happened To Catstone Books?
  7. When New Isn’t Better: The Value of Experience
  8. Solicitation Alert: The BookWalker
  9. The Implosion of BBB Publishings: A Peek Into the Sometimes Dysfunctional World of Paid Anthology / Boxed Set Publishing
  10. Update: The Copyright Claims Board At the Three-Month Mark
  11. Scam Alert: Scammers Impersonating Acorn TV
  12. Complaints and Changes at Parliament House Press
  13. Beware Bait and Switch Scams
  14. Impersonating Agents: A New Face For An Old Scam
  15. America’s Next Great Author: The Author Reality Show Idea Rides Again
  16. Author-Agent “Handshake” Agreements: Be Wary
  17. The Copyright Claims Board: A New Option For Copyright Disputes
  18. Publishing Contracts 101: Beware Internal Contradictions
  19. Bad Contract Alert: Stary (aka Dreame)
  20. The AALA (Formerly the AAR) Revises Its Canon Of Ethics
  21. A Contract Clause to Beware: Claiming Copyright on “Publisher’s Content”
  22. The #DisneyMustPay Task Force Calls on Disney–Again–to Pay the Writers
  23. Author Complaints At GenZ Publishing
  24. Self-Publishers Take Note: Audible/ACX’s New Tax Reporting Policy
  25. Junk Book Marketing: Book Fair “Representation”
  26. Requesting Rights Reversion From Your Publisher
  27. A New Home For the Writer Beware Blog
  28. Bad Contract Alert: Popink
  29. Another Fake Agency Referral Scam: Harper Literary / Bantam Wings
  30. Bad Contract Alert: GoodNovel
  31. Keeping Moral Rights: A Wattpad Contest Controversy
  32. How to Spot a Ghostwriting Scam
  33. Pink Sand Press: What Can Happen When Your Agent Decides to Become Your Publisher
  34. The Best of Writer Beware: 2021 in Review

2021 30

  1. Online Copyright Registration Services: Writer Beware
  2. A Pay to Play Bookstore Scheme: The Reading Glass Books
  3. Small Press Storm Warnings: Hurn Publications, Dreaming Big Publications, Azure Spider Publications
  4. An Editing Nightmare: Editor and Author Coach Christina Kaye of Book Boss Academy (Formerly Write Your Best Book)
  5. Bad Contract Alert: NovelCat
  6. A Critical Look at Scribd’s Audiobook Reprint Contracts
  7. Contest Alert: Bardsy’s “The Short and Long of It” NaNoWriMo Prep Contest
  8. Another Reason to Just Say No to That Offer to Re-Publish Your Self-Pubbed Book
  9. #DisneyMustPay Update: Disney Is Still Not Paying
  10. Very Weird Solicitation Alert: Monica Susan Main
  11. Scam Alert: TransMedia Agency / New Leaf Media LLC Impersonating Major Film Producers
  12. Scam Alert: Silver Ink Literary Agency / Editors Press and Media / Global Review Press / Best Writers Publishing House
  13. An Important Message for Writer Beware Email Subscribers
  14. How Bad Contest Entry Rules Can be Mitigated: The Medium Writer’s Challenge
  15. Bad Contract Alert: ByteDance’s Fizzo (Fictum) Serialized Fiction App
  16. Alert: Scammer Page Turner Press and Media is Impersonating Major Motion Picture Studios
  17. Eli Bear Company, Star Alley Press: Two Writer Beware All-Stars Return With New Ventures
  18. Author Complaints at City Limits Publishing
  19. Two Scams to Watch Out For: Writers’ Conference Phishing Scheme, Goodreads Extortion Scam
  20. #DisneyMustPay: Authors’ Groups Join Forces to Advocate for Writers Owed Money by Disney
  21. The Case of the Purloined Blog Post: How a Fake DMCA Notice Failed to Silence Writer Beware
  22. Publisher Storm Warnings: Diversion Books
  23. Scammers Taking Big 5 Publishers’ Names in Vain: A Growing Trend
  24. Contract Red Flag: When a Publisher Claims Copyright on Edits
  25. Scam Alert: Chapters Media & Advertising / Paper Bytes Marketing Solutions / Blueprint Press Internationale / Quantum Discovery / Aspire Publishing Hub / 20/Twenty Literary Group
  26. Publisher Cautions: Riverdale Avenue Books, Breaking Rules Publishing, Adelaide Books
  27. Pique Literary: Unmasking a Fake Literary Agency
  28. Vanity Press Storm Warning: Waldorf Publishing
  29. Pay-to-Play as Pedagogy? The Creator Institute and New Degree Press
  30. Writer Beware: 2020 in Review (Not That Anyone Really Wants to Review 2020)

2020 29

  1. James Paul Amstell: A Vanity Publisher By Any Name
  2. Spooky Phishing Scam Targets Traditionally-Published Writers
  3. Attack of the Fake Literary Agencies: West Literary Agency, Stellar Literary Press and Media
  4. #Audiblegate: How Audible-ACX Returns Policy Penalizes Authors
  5. Disssecting a Scam: The Literary Scout Impersonator
  6. Bad Contest Terms: T.A. Barron’s Once Upon A Villain Flash Fiction Contest
  7. Bad Contract Alert: EMP Entertainment and A&D Entertainment
  8. Pay-to-Play Alert: Europe Books / Europa Edizioni / Vertigo Publishing House / Gruppo Albatros Il Filo
  9. Dissecting a Scam: Fact & Fiction Entertainment and Literary Agency
  10. Contest Beware: “Lovecraft Country” Short Story Contest
  11. Alert: Scammers Impersonating Major Publishing Houses
  12. A New “Beware”: Scammers Impersonating Reputable Literary Agents
  13. Small Press Storm Warnings: Filles Vertes Publishing
  14. Small Press Storm Warnings: Lethe Press, Seventh Star Press
  15. The Impersonation Game Redux
  16. Agencies in Turmoil: Red Sofa Literary Threatens Legal Action, Mass Firings At Corvisiero Literary Agency
  17. Four Major Publishers Sue the Internet Archive Over Unauthorized Book Scanning
  18. Evaluating Publishing Contracts: Six Ways You May Be Sabotaging Yourself
  19. Contest Scam Alert: Legaia Books Online Book Competition
  20. Copyright Violation Redux: The Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library
  21. Space Kadet: The Twisted Tale of a Sad, Sad Internet Troll
  22. Writer Beware in the Time of Coronavirus
  23. Beware: Pigeon House Literary / Druella Burhan
  24. Mass Contract Cancellations at Mystery Publisher Henery Press
  25. Should You Pay To Display Your Book At BookExpo? (Short Answer: No)
  26. The Impersonation Game: Fake Agents
  27. Junk Book Marketing: Pay-to-Play Magazines
  28. What You Need to Know About How California’s New Law AB-5 Affects Writers
  29. Writer Beware: 2019 in Review

2019 23

  1. Beware: Wid Bastian a.k.a. Widtsoe T. Bastian / Genius Media Inc. / Kairos Phoenix Company
  2. Writing Contest Beware: Pressfuls
  3. How Predatory Companies Are Trying to Hijack Your Publisher Search, Part 3
  4. Publisher Alerts: Complaints at Month9 Books, Nonstandard Business Practices at Black Rose Writing
  5. Issues at Audible’s ACX: Attempted Rights Fraud, Withdrawn Promotional Codes
  6. Scandal Engulfs Independent Publisher ChiZine Publications
  7. Contest Caution: The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award
  8. Fireside Press Cancels Multiple Contracts
  9. Alpha Books United: A Pack Of Scammer Lies
  10. Authors’ Concern Grows Over Late Royalty Payments at Dreamspinner Press
  11. Universal Book Solutions: Anatomy of a Book-to-Screen Scam
  12. From the Philippines, Not With Love: A Plague of Publishing, Marketing, and Fake Literary Agency Scams
  13. KISS Library: Pirate Site Alert
  14. Alert: Trouble at Dog Ear Publishing
  15. Seven Prolific Vanity Publishers (Austin Macauley Publishers, Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie, Olympia Publishers, Morgan James Publishing, Page Publishing, Christian Faith Publishing, Newman Springs Publishing)
  16. How Predatory Companies Are Trying to Hijack Your Publisher Search, Part 2
  17. Awards Profiteers: How Writers Can Recognize Them and Why They Should Avoid Them
  18. Caution: Turkish Publisher Mavifil Publishing (Mavifil Yayinlari)
  19. Possible Scam Alert: AMS Literary Agency
  20. Publishing Contract Red Flag: When a Publisher Claims Copyright on Edits
  21. Publishizer: Do Authors Really Need a Crowdfunding Literary Agency?
  22. Can We Get a Do-Over? Harper’s Bazaar Removes Predatory Rights Language For Its 2019 Short Story Competition
  23. The Best of Writer Beware: 2018 in Review

2018 25

  1. Army of Clones, Part 2: Twenty-One (More) Publishing and Marketing “Services” to Beware Of
  2. Amelia Publishing and Amelia Book Company: Sons of Litfire Publishing
  3. SFWA Statement on Concerns/Complaints Regarding the Writers of the Future Contest
  4. Authors Sue Owner of Green Ivy Publishing, Alleging Fraud
  5. The Continued Decline of Author Solutions
  6. Contest Caution: Waldorf Publishing’s Manuscript Contest
  7. Small Press Storm Warnings: Fiery Seas Publishing
  8. De Montfort Literature: Career Jumpstart or Literary Sweatshop?
  9. Contest Caution: The Short Story Project’s My Best Story Competition
  10. Contest Beware: Fiction War Magazine
  11. Author Rachel Ann Nunes Wins Her Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against an Amazon Scammer
  12. How Predatory Companies Are Trying to Hijack Your Publisher Search
  13. Vanity Publisher Alert: Novum Publishing, United P.C. Publisher
  14. Trademark Shenanigans: Weighing In On #Cockygate
  15. Contract Red Flag Alert: Perpetual License for Derivative Rights
  16. Author Complaints Mount at Curiosity Quills Press
  17. Publishers Weekly Includes Two Vanity Publishers in its List of Fast-Growing Independent Presses
  18. Two Solicitation Bewares: Aimee Ann / Red Headed Book Lover Blog; Book Writing Inc.
  19. Scam Down Under: Love Of Books Brisbane / Julie “Jules” McGregor
  20. How the Internet Archive Infringed My Copyrights and Then Blew Me Off
  21. The New Face of Vanity Anthologies: Z Publishing House and Appelley Publishing
  22. Army of Clones: Author Solutions Spawns a Legion of Copycats
  23. Solicitation Alert: Book-Art Press Solutions / Window Press Club / Booktimes
  24. Alert: Copyright Infringement By the Internet Archive (and What You Can Do About It)
  25. Book Promotions International, or, How Not to Get Your Book Into a Library

2017 11

  1. How Not To Promote a Writing Contest: The NY Literary Magazine
  2. Author-Agent Handshake Agreements: Should You Be Wary?
  3. Alert: Blue Deco Publishing, Christian Faith Publishing
  4. Scam Alert: Fraudsters Targeting Freelancers With Fake Job Offers
  5. Small Press Storm Warnings: High Hill Press
  6. Solicitation (and Plagiarism) Alert: Legaia Books / Paperclips Magazine
  7. Lawsuits, Liens, and Lost URLs: The Latest on America Star Books / PublishAmerica
  8. Infringement by Galaktika Magazine: Authors Guild and SFWA Reach Settlement
  9. The Law Finally Catches Up With Tate Publishing & Enterprises
  10. Red Flag Alert: Loiacono Literary Agency, Swetky Literary Agency, Warner Literary Group
  11. The Continuing Decline of “Assisted-Self-Publishing” Giant Author Solutions

2016 27

  1. All Romance eBooks’ Sudden Closing: Many Questions, Few Answers
  2. Questions for Vanity Publisher Austin Macauley Yield Few Answers
  3. Torquere Press Is Closing
  4. Trouble at Tate: Could it be End of Days for America’s Most Prolific Vanity Publisher?
  5. Small Press Storm Warnings: Torquere Press, Caliburn Press, Month9Books
  6. WriteIndia Writing Contest: When a Contest Sponsor Changes The Rules
  7. How Publishers Abuse Termination Fees: Sky Warrior Books
  8. “Cutting Lists Isn’t New”: Q&A With Month9Books Founder Georgia McBride
  9. Month9Books Scales Back Its List Amid Allegations of Nonpayment
  10. Tate Publishing & Enterprises Slapped with $1.7 Million Lawsuit, Department of Labor Investigation
  11. BookLife Prize in Fiction
  12. Back From Hiatus: Why I Went Away
  13. Writer Beware Blog on Hiatus (Again)
  14. Spam, Spam, Spam Spam: Inkitt and the Grand Novel Contest
  15. Small Press Storm Warnings: Pegasus Books, Realmwalker Publishing Group, Spectral Press, Tickety Boo Press
  16. PublishAmerica / America Star Books Lawsuit Against Writer Beware Settled
  17. How Do Freelance Editors Get Paid?
  18. Publishers Weekly Features Vanity Publisher Morgan James…Again
  19. New Authors as Shark Bait: Steve Alten’s A&M Publishing
  20. Kickbacks, Opportunism, and Fake Awards, Oh My: Three Solicitation Alerts
  21. Scam Alert: RPI Publications, a.k.a. Raider Publishing International
  22. Termination Fees in Publishing Contracts: Why They’re Not Just Bad for Authors
  23. The Authors Guild’s Fair Contract Initiative
  24. Profit Engine: The Author Solutions Markup
  25. Freelance Mills, Cyberbullying, and Plagiarism, Oh My!
  26. Best of Writer Beware: 2015 in Review
  27. Author Solutions Sold to Private Equity Firm

2015 32

  1. Almond Press Redux: Revenge-Rating a Critic
  2. Neoverse Writing Competition Makes Its Rules More Author-Friendly
  3. Signing Away Your Rights: Arbitration Clauses in Book Contracts
  4. Guest Post: Imitation is Much More Than Flattery
  5. Author Solutions Class Action Lawsuit Settled
  6. Beware Social Media Snake Oil
  7. Guest Post: Want to Become a Better Writer? Stop Writing.
  8. Writer Beware Blog on Temporary Hiatus
  9. Pay-to-Play Alert: #WORLDCLASS Magazine
  10. Alert: Don Semora, “Professional Designer and Author”
  11. Amazon’s “Personal Connection” Review Policies Are Nothing New
  12. Author Solutions Lawsuit Update: Class Certification Denied
  13. Almond Press Short Story Competition: Writing for “Exposure”
  14. Finding Authors: The Importance of Establishing an Online Licensing System for Copyrighted Works
  15. Scam Alert: Raider Publishing International
  16. Amazon Takes On Fake Review Services
  17. The Strange and Twisted Tale of Peter Senese, Serial Con Man
  18. Naughty-No-No! E-reading App Keeps Young Minds Pristine
  19. Bookbzz — Buzzed Off?
  20. Second Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Author Solutions Inc.
  21. Rights Grab: Omni Reboot (Updated)
  22. Manuscript Pitch Websites: Do Literary Agents Use Them?
  23. Update: Lawsuit Against Author Solutions Inc.
  24. Author Solutions Inc. Losing Market Share As Production Numbers Fall
  25. Crescent Moon Press, Musa Publishing Close Their Doors
  26. New Life For Old Books (Mine!)
  27. SFWA Opens to Self-Published Authors; Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Makes Contract Changes
  28. Who’s Running Your Writers’ Group? Why You Should Be Careful
  29. Lost in Translation: In Which I Investigate a Translation Service, and They Are Not Amused
  30. Two Red-Flag Sentences in Publishing Contracts
  31. New Look for Writer Beware
  32. 2014 in Review: The Best of Writer Beware

2014 55

  1. Happy Holidays
  2. Transferring Copyright: Rights Grab At The Toast Magazine
  3. Alert: Questionable Terms of Use in HBO’s Game of Thrones Compendium
  4. Don’t Do This: Wrong Ways to Try and Escape Your Deadbeat Publisher
  5. MeGustaEscribir: Author Solutions Inc. Expands Into Spain
  6. Scam Warnings For Freelancers
  7. Alert: Cookbook Marketing Agency
  8. Solicitation Alert: LitFire Publishing
  9. Kindle Scout: The Pros and Cons of Amazon’s New Crowdsourced Publishing Program
  10. How Not to Change Your Business Model: The Latest on Permuted Press
  11. How Not to Register Copyright
  12. How to Request Rights Reversion From Your Publisher
  13. A Hand in Your Pocket: Monetizing the Business of Writing
  14. Alert: Trouble at Ellora’s Cave
  15. Guest Blog Post: Author-Editor Compatibility: The Crucial Element for a Successful Editing Experience
  16. Haters Gonna Hate: The Smear Campaign Against Absolute Write
  17. Blue Ash Publishing: New Self-Publishing Service from Writer’s Digest
  18. How Not to Seek a Literary Agent: The Perils of “Middleman” Services
  19. Writer Beware’s Self-Publishing Page Renovated and Updated
  20. A Marketing Pitch from Author Solutions
  21. Self-Publishing and Author-Agent Agreements: The Need for Change
  22. Warning: Green Shore Publishing
  23. On Trolls and Fake Bad Reviews
  24. Agenty Advice to a Hopeful Writer, From a Non-Agent
  25. Time to Bury the Hachette
  26. Writer Beware Has a New Logo and a New Look
  27. American Writing Association: A Service Writers Don’t Need
  28. Start Media Responds to Questions on Purchase of Whiskey Creek Press
  29. Start Media Buys Whiskey Creek Press, Imposes New Contract Terms
  30. A Visit to BEA 2014’s UPublishU
  31. Bait-and-Switch for Self-Published Authors
  32. Robert Fletcher of SBPRA to Pay Author Restitution in Settlement of Florida Lawsuit
  33. Author Solutions Inc. Expands “Partridge” Brand to Singapore and Africa
  34. Class Action Lawsuit Against Author Solutions Inc.: Update
  35. Take the Money and Run: Kerry Jacobson, “Book Publicist”
  36. Another Small Press Horror Story: Silver Publishing is Gone
  37. How to Succeed in Authorship Without Really Trying
  38. Pamela Wray and WordWorks Publishing Consultants: The Amazing Case of the Serial Plagiarizer
  39. The Short Life and Strange Death of Entranced Publishing
  40. Why Poets Should Not Seek Literary Agents
  41. Rights Concerns: Amtrak Residency Program
  42. Rights Concerns: Simon451 Novel-Writing Contest for Students
  43. Justice For Authors: 2 Moon Press Authors Raising Funds to Sue Their Deadbeat Publisher
  44. Questions to Ask Your Prospective Literary Agent
  45. Return Of a Faker: Jane Dowary Agency
  46. The Bookseller Takes a Stand: No More Advertising From Author Solutions, Inc.
  47. On Petitions and Flame Wars: My Thoughts About SFWA and Change
  48. ISNI: An Authority for Authors?
  49. Magnus Publicity: Name-Changing Publicist Mike Albee Returns
  50. PublishAmerica Is Now America Star Books
  51. WinePress Publishing: Scandal-Plagued Self-Publishing Service Closes Its Doors
  52. Story Surgeon: An App For Copyright Infringement
  53. Opening a Vein: Agent Artery
  54. Scribd’s New Ebook Subscription Service: Partnering with Publishers, Profiting from Piracy
  55. Year in Review: Writer Beware’s Top Blog Posts of 2013

2013 55

  1. Happy Holidays!
  2. Weird Business Model: Quill Shift Literary Agency
  3. Crowdfunded Anthologies: Concerns For Writers
  4. Introduction: New Writer Beware Committee Member Michael Capobianco
  5. All Classic Books: The American Book Publishing Inc. Scam Continues
  6. Don’t Fall For Vanity Radio
  7. Horror Writers Association Adds Its Support to Writer Beware
  8. Masterpiece: A Reality Show For Authors (Plus a Short, Sad, History of Similar Shows That Failed)
  9. Awards Profiteering: The Book Festival Empire of JM Northern Media
  10. Solicitation Alert: Bloggingbooks
  11. 2 Moon Press: Update
  12. American Book Publishing Inc.: Going Out of Business, Nigerian Spam-Scam Style
  13. Thoughts on the Great Erotica Panic of 2013
  14. Early Termination Fees in Publishing Contracts: A Cautionary Tale
  15. Writers’ & Artists’ New Self-Publishing Comparison Service Leaves Much to be Desired
  16. New Publisher House and the State of Independence 2014 Report: Grain of Salt Required
  17. Swoon Reads: New “Crowdsourced” Teen Romance Imprint
  18. The Barefoot Writer’s Club
  19. Author Solutions Class Action Lawsuit: Update
  20. Ann C. Crispin (1950-2013) In Memoriam
  21. New Publisher: Resurrection House
  22. Ann C. Crispin
  23. A Message From Writer Beware Co-Founder and Chair, Ann Crispin
  24. More Warnings: Spectacular Productions; Balboa Press/Author Solutions
  25. Sandpiper Publicity: the Albee Agency Returns
  26. More Publisher Storm Warnings
  27. Publisher Alert: Iconic Publishing / Jonquil Press / Red Lizard Press
  28. Expanded Alert at Writer Beware: American Book Publishing / Alexis Press / All Classic Books / Atlantic National Books
  29. Writer Beware Blog on (Brief) Temporary Hiatus
  30. Penguin and Author Solutions File for Dismissal of Class Action Lawsuit
  31. Author Concerns and Complaints at Crimson Romance
  32. Police Investigate Pay-to-Play Publisher 2 Moon Press
  33. An Honor For Writer Beware Co-Founder and Chair, Ann C. Crispin
  34. Outrageous French Copyright Grab: ReLIRE Goes Live
  35. Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Author Solutions Inc.
  36. ASJA Annual Conference 2013, Plus Tidbits
  37. Tidbits
  38. Publishing Terms at Autharium
  39. For Those of You Who Are Wondering Why Someone Might Want to Launch a Class Action Lawsuit Against PublishAmerica
  40. Random House Announces New Terms at Digital Imprints Hydra, Alibi, Loveswept, and Flirt
  41. Another Class Action Suit Launched Against PublishAmerica
  42. SFWA De-Lists Hydra; Random House Responds
  43. Law Firm Investigates Author Solutions Inc.
  44. Second-Class Contracts? Deal Terms at Random House’s Hydra Imprint
  45. Why Not to Register Copyright for Unpublished Work
  46. Solicitation Alert: Close-up TV News / Close-up Talk Radio
  47. Solicitation Alert: Blessed Hope Publishing
  48. A Partridge in a Penguin Tree
  49. Orphan Works: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Weighs In
  50. Christian Writers Guild Publishing: Pay to Play from Jerry B. Jenkins
  51. Legal Tidbits
  52. Venerable Vanity Publisher Vantage Press Closes Its Doors
  53. Alert: UK Speaker Scam Targets Writers (and Others)
  54. Global Talk Radio: How to Waste Money and Fail to Influence People
  55. 2012: Year in Review

2012 63

  1. Guest Blog Post: International Writing Scams and How to Protect Yourself
  2. The Albee Agency: Book Publicity Faked
  3. Archway Publishing: Simon & Schuster Adds a Self-Publishing Division
  4. Publishers Hate Authors? Really?
  5. Guest Blog Post: Mustering the Courage to Turn Down a Publishing Contract
  6. PASSION BLUE Release and Giveaway!
  7. Authors Guild Statement on Penguin-Random House Merger
  8. Alert: Screenplay Replay Contest
  9. Alert: Author-Unfriendly Rules at America’s Next Author Contest
  10. Character Building Counts and Wise Bear Digital: Two More High-Entry Fee Book Awards
  11. Guest Post: Dear Agent — Write the Letter That Sells Your Book
  12. Judge Rules Against Authors Guild in HathiTrust Lawsuit
  13. Writers Slam Secrecy of Book Publishers’ Deal With Google
  14. Publishers Settle With Google–But What About Authors?
  15. Class Action Lawsuit Against PublishAmerica Dismissed
  16. Writer Beware is on Vacation
  17. Guest Blog Post Writers Be-Wary: Electronic Distribution and Control of Creative Material
  18. Guest Blog Post: 7 Freelance Writing Scams and How to Fight Them
  19. Fake Jared And His Friends: Author Solutions’ Misleading PR Strategies
  20. Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing: The War of Words
  21. LendInk, Author Activism, and the Need for Critical Thinking
  22. Guest Blog Post: The Red Flags of Writing Contests
  23. Ebooks Outsell Print! Putting Headlines in Context
  24. Literary Agent Scams: Still Around, But On the Wane
  25. Guest Blog Post: In Praise of Ripening
  26. Pearson Buys Author Solutions
  27. Call for Guest Bloggers
  28. More Money-Wasting “Opportunities” For Writers
  29. Author Solutions Introduces BookStub
  30. Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against PublishAmerica
  31. BEA Report
  32. Judge Grants Class Status to Authors in Authors Guild v. Google Lawsuit
  33. Publishers Weekly Moves Into Self-Publishing
  34. Two Surveys
  35. Another Honor for Writer Beware
  36. Victoria Strauss Wins for Writer Beware in First Annual Independent Book Blogger Award
  37. e-Publishing Revo: It’s a New Electronic Self-Publishing Service, But There’s a Catch
  38. The Importance of Reversion Clauses in Book Contracts
  39. New/Updated Alerts at Writer Beware: Literary Agent Uwe Luserke, SBPRA
  40. Link Roundup
  41. Book Giveaway
  42. The DOJ’s Ebook Price Fixing Lawsuit Against Apple and the “Agency Five”: An Overview
  43. Poetry.com Returns
  44. Guest Blog Post: Why Small Publishers Fail
  45. Writer Beware’s Swag Shop for Discerning Scammers
  46. PublishAmerica, Literary Agent: An Inside Look
  47. To Our Readers: Thank You
  48. Alert: Raider Publishing International / Purehaven Press
  49. The Con Man Who Tried To Buy Writer Beware’s Silence
  50. Publishing Industry Terms and Contracts: Some Resources, and Some Advice
  51. When is a Dodgy Publisher Like a Stopped Clock?
  52. When a Writing Contest Has a Hidden Agenda
  53. Why You Can’t Always Trust the Source
  54. New French Law Seizes Digital Rights
  55. BookTango: Author Solutions Rolls Out Ebook Distribution Services
  56. Publishers’ Desk: Display or Misplay?
  57. The Authors Guild on Amazon: Publishing’s Ecosystem on the Brink
  58. Guest Post: One Author’s First Month in KDP Select
  59. Delmont-Ross Writing Contest: The Saga of a Fake Literary Competition
  60. The Fine Print of iBooks Author
  61. Digital Rights Showdown: HarperCollins v. Open Road
  62. BookStoreMarketing.net: Beware Spam PR Services
  63. 2011: A Writer Beware Retrospective

2011 76

  1. Happy Holidays From Writer Beware
  2. Publisher Alert: Arvo Basim Yayin of Turkey
  3. D Publishing: Dymocks’ New Self-Pub Service
  4. Pearson Education Extends Scope of Permissions Licenses
  5. The Fine Print of Amazon’s New KDP Select Program
  6. Guest Blog Post: A Blast From the Past–Thieving “Literary Agent” Uwe Luserke Re-Surfaces
  7. Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: How Relying on Numbers Can Get You Into Trouble
  8. MLM for Writers: The Best Authors Lounge
  9. Book Country And Self-Publishing: Why the Hate?
  10. Alert: Light Sword Publishing, a.k.a. LSP Digital, Returns
  11. The Authors Guild on Amazon’s Kindle Lending Library
  12. Introducing Writer Beware’s Small Presses Page
  13. The Brit Writers Awards: Questions and Threats
  14. Beware Zombies: Franklin-Madison Literary Agency
  15. Hathitrust and Book Scanning: Copyright Is People
  16. A Small Press Implodes: The Inside Story of Aspen Mountain Press
  17. Guest Blog Post: The Struggle to Revert Rights From Fitzhenry and Whiteside
  18. Alerts: Lobster Press and Dailey Swan Publishing
  19. Writers Against Plagiarism: A Call to Action
  20. The Agenda of “The Write Agenda”
  21. Red Flag Publishing Contract Clauses: A Termination Clause That Isn’t
  22. Trouble at Aspen Mountain Press
  23. PUBSLUSH Press: Update
  24. PublishAmerica and CBA: Rowling Redux
  25. PUBSLUSH Press
  26. The Google Books Lawsuit Will Go To Court
  27. Authors Guild And Others Sue Universities for Copyright Infringement
  28. How to Satisfy Your Reader without Being Predictable
  29. PublishAmerica and J.K. Rowling: Retractomancy
  30. Taking Famous Names in Vain
  31. Award Alert: The IndieReader Discovery Awards
  32. Indian Writers Beware: Literary Agent Scams in India a Growing Problem
  33. Contest Alert: WriteOnCon
  34. Solicitation Alerts: JustFiction! Edition and DIP Publishing House
  35. The Cruelest Hoax: Impersonating a Literary Agent
  36. Judge Chin Wants Action on Failed Google Book Settlement
  37. Farrah Gray Publishing
  38. Anatomy of Scams: “Posthumous Vanity Publishing”
  39. Why You Want to Hire a Competent PR Service
  40. Agencies Becoming Publishers–a Trend and a Problem
  41. Getting Out of Your Book Contract (Maybe)
  42. The Internet and Procrastination
  43. Book Marketing Methods That Don’t Work
  44. Police Investigate Historical Pages Publishing Company
  45. Clark, Mendelson, and Scott: New Name for a Fee-Charging Agency
  46. Contract Red Flag: Net Profit Royalty Clauses
  47. PublishAmerica Will Be Your Literary Agent…For $199
  48. Literary Agencies as Publishers: An Accelerating Trend
  49. I Broke a News Story, and All I Got Was This Freaking T-Shirt
  50. Pay to Play Anthologies
  51. The Interminable Agency Clause
  52. Guest Blog Post: The Google Books Settlement–It’s Not Too Late to Fix It
  53. Book Fair Bewares
  54. Atlanta Nights, the Movie: From Hoax to Film
  55. Lies (Dishonest) Fee-Charging Publishers Tell
  56. The Google Broccoli Kitten Settlement
  57. Karma’s a Bitch: Robin Price, David William Caswell
  58. Why Your Self-Publishing Service Probably Didn’t Cheat You
  59. Submission Guidelines to Beware of: Midwest Literary Magazine
  60. Judge Chin Denies Google Book Settlement
  61. How Not to Market Your Book
  62. Another Book Giveaway: The Garden of the Stone
  63. Can an Old Dog Learn New Tricks? Internet Book Promotion
  64. Contest Alert: TheNextBigAuthor.com
  65. What’s an Idea Worth?
  66. Deadline for Claiming Cash Payment Under Google Book Settlement Has Been Extended
  67. Guest Blog Post: Beware of Pay-To-Play TV Talk Shows
  68. The Borders Bankruptcy
  69. Deadline for Claiming Cash Payment Under Google Book Search Settlement May Be Extended
  70. Guest Blog Post: Book Review — “The Street-Smart Writer”
  71. Book Giveaway–The Arm of the Stone
  72. Alert for Poets: Oprah Wants You (But You May Not Want Oprah)
  73. Update on Strategic Book Publishing / Writers Literary Agency / Robert Fletcher
  74. Best Solution Author Agency (or, Beware of Agent Solicitations)
  75. Contest Alert: First One Publishing’s Writing Contest
  76. The Mail I Get

2010 82

  1. Some Tips on Evaluating Literary Contests
  2. One Way Not to Get Published
  3. More Contest Alerts: Brit Writers’ Awards, Amazon Studios
  4. The 2011 Indie Publishing Contest
  5. Democratization or Disinformation?
  6. Fake Writing Jobs: RealWritingJobs.com
  7. How Not to Launch a Career in Publishing
  8. Notes From the Underbelly of Publishing
  9. Swinging the Other Way: Vanity Publisher Goes Non-Vanity
  10. The Peter Lampack Agency Loses Suit Against Former Client
  11. Reality Check on Aisle Writer Beware
  12. Alert: MyFreeRead.com Is Spamming Again
  13. Two Alerts: Plagiarist David Boyer, Unauthorized Sales at Dorchester
  14. Cold Iron: David Boyer, Plagiarist
  15. New Century Publishing: Update
  16. Wholesale vs. Agency: Sales Models in Conflict
  17. Barnes & Noble Launches PubIt! Self-Publishing Service
  18. Unhappy Client Suing B.K. Nelson Inc. Literary Agency
  19. YouWriteOn Redux
  20. Guest Blog Post: How Deliberate Practice Can Make You an Excellent Writer
  21. When Persistence Becomes a Vice
  22. Assertions and Statistics: Why It’s Not Easy to Find Hard Numbers About Publishing
  23. Getting Published is Not a Crap Shoot
  24. Red Rose Publishing: Alert
  25. How Not to Solicit a Blog That Exposes Scams
  26. The Media Really Needs to Fact-Check Those Heartwarming Stories About Publishing Deals
  27. PW Select: Opportunity or Exploitation?
  28. How to Write a Query Letter
  29. Bowker Manuscript Submissions
  30. Indiana Attorney General Investigates New Century Publishing
  31. ShortStoryBook.net (Or, it’s Not a Good Idea to Spam Writer Beware)
  32. Writer Beware® is Officially Registered!
  33. Authors Guild Statement on the Wylie Agency’s New Epublishing Venture
  34. Guest Blog Post: Active Reading For Better Writing
  35. The Importance of Self-Editing
  36. The Myth of the Evil Editor
  37. PublishAmerica’s “Brand New Start”: Independence Books
  38. How to Fail on the Internet Without Really Trying: AuthorForSale.com
  39. Beware of Book Publishing Spam
  40. The Case Against Reading Fees
  41. Are Agents Underpaid?
  42. Lie Down With Dogs, Get Up With Fleas
  43. Guest Blog Post: Ten Percent of Nothing (Book Review)
  44. American Author Contest (or, Why Writers Should Use Craigslist With Caution)
  45. Author Solutions Inc. Expands (Again)
  46. Copyright Protection Service: Another One You Don’t Need
  47. When Asking for Free Help, Don’t Be a Jerk
  48. Hay House Establishes Publishing Service Division
  49. Why Writer Beware Doesn’t Provide Publisher Recommendations (Plus Some Advice)
  50. Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
  51. Guest Blog Post: Self-Promotion: Starting Too Soon?
  52. A Quote is Nice, But Context is Better
  53. PublishAmerica Strikes Again
  54. Guest Blog Post: How Libraries Choose Books to Purchase
  55. Nurmal Resources PUBLISH ME! Contest
  56. Downloading Pirated Ebooks: Questionable Ethics?
  57. Amazon Surprise
  58. Hardball, Amazon Style
  59. First Novel Sales: The Data
  60. Guest Blog Post: Grants for Writers: As Diverse As You Are
  61. Writer Beware is on Facebook
  62. Guest Blog Post: Content Mills–Just A Stepping Stone in Your Career
  63. Guest Blog Post: Content Mills–Why Aspiring Writers Should Avoid Them
  64. Guest Blog Post: The Scam of Private Label Rights Articles
  65. Supreme Court Reinstates Major Freelancer Copyright Settlement
  66. Wanted: Guest Bloggers
  67. Another Vanity Award: The 2010 Creative Spirit Awards
  68. Beware of Fake Awards
  69. Inspired Living Publishing: Another Vanity Anthology Scheme
  70. MyFreeRead.com: Not Quite What It Appears
  71. DOJ Weighs in on Amended Google Book Settlement
  72. Are You a Published Author? Now You Can Tell the World!
  73. Dispatches from the Ebook Wars: Macmillan vs. Amazon
  74. Cris Robins and The Robins Agency: She’s Ba-aaack!
  75. Author Solutions CEO Wants to Talk to Writers’ “Guilds”
  76. Another Google Book Search Settlement Deadline
  77. Open Letter from a Writer to New Publishers
  78. The Law Finally Catches Up With Faux Literary Agent/Film Producer Robin Price
  79. From the Authors Guild: Simplified Method for Claiming Works for Google Book Search Settlement
  80. Apparently I’m a Boring Wrinkled Self-Published Lesbian
  81. SFWA, NWU, and ASJA on Google Books Settlement
  82. Guest Blog Post: Distributor vs. Wholesaler: Getting Your Book on the Shelf

2009 95

  1. Drewlie & Julia: Or, The Case of the Alias’d Literary Agent
  2. The UK’s Society of Authors Issues Guidance on Ebook Rights and Royalties
  3. Authors Guild Statement on Random House’s Rights Grab
  4. One Week, Two Big Pieces of Ebook News
  5. Hudson Audio Publishing
  6. Author Solutions CEO Responds to Harlequin/Nelson Flap
  7. Mystery Writers of America Delists Harlequin
  8. Blurred Distinctions: Vanity Publishing vs. Self-Publishing
  9. New Name for Harlequin Horizons: DellArte Press
  10. And Speaking of Vanity Publishing…
  11. From Novelists Inc. Issues Position Statement on Vanity Publishing
  12. SFWA on Harlequin Horizons
  13. MWA Weighs In On Harlequin Horizons
  14. Two Deep Questions
  15. Harlequin Horizons: Another Major Publisher Adds A Self-Publishing Division
  16. Revised Google Book Search Settlement Filed
  17. Agent Inbox
  18. Blog Post/Article Roundup
  19. Wanna Be a Virtual Author’s Assistant?…Maybe Not
  20. Author Mills and a Request for Contact
  21. Why Referral Fees Present Ethical Problems
  22. Thomas Nelson Adds Self-Publishing Imprint
  23. Buying Your Own Book: A Question You Don’t Want Your Publisher to Ask
  24. Thoughts on Self-Promotion
  25. The Perils of Searching For Publishers on the Internet
  26. Google Book Search Settlement Fairness Hearing Adjourned
  27. Airleaf: Coda
  28. Omniscriptum (formerly VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller)
  29. Writers’ Myth: “You Have To Know Someone”
  30. Google Book Search Settlement: Opting Out
  31. Florida Attorney General Files Suit Against Robert Fletcher / Writers’ Literary Agency
  32. Google Book Search Settlement Deadline Looming
  33. Amazon BookSurge Anti-Trust Lawsuit Can Proceed
  34. Postage Promotion
  35. Bad Impressions for Good Impressions Audio Books
  36. SFWA’s Statement on the Proposed Google Book Settlement
  37. MWA Joins SFWA In Sponsoring Writer Beware
  38. Robert Fletcher’s Lawsuit Against Writer Beware Ruled Frivolous
  39. Victoria Strauss — Niche Age Media: Laray Carr Returns
  40. Contest Alert: Emerging Writer Awards
  41. Wake Up.. and Pay (Redux)
  42. News of the Weird: Moon Publicity
  43. It’s Anti-Plagiarism Day
  44. Publetariat Vault: Do Writers Need This Service?
  45. Victoria Strauss — Some Interesting Recent Blog Posts and Articles
  46. Authorfail: When Authors Attack
  47. It’s Official: DOJ Investigates Google Book Settlement
  48. Fourth Fiction: (Yet) Another Literary Reality Show
  49. Hassett vs. Hasselbeck: What A Plagiarism Lawsuit Reveals About Writers’ Fear of Theft
  50. IndieReader
  51. Philip M. Parker: The Most Published Author in the History of the Planet
  52. Frivolous Lawsuits and Book Burning: Fruitloops Galore
  53. Diggory Press: Stranger Than Fiction
  54. Another Interesting Promotion From AuthorHouse
  55. BEA Report
  56. Victoria Strauss — BEA Bewares
  57. SterlingHouse Publisher’s Cover Gambit (Or, How Vanity Publishers Make [More] Money)
  58. Free Ebooks and Sales
  59. Nathan Bransford’s “Agent for a Day” Contest
  60. Why You Are Probably Not an Independent Author (or, Another Post for Which I Expect I Will Get Some Flack)
  61. Vanity is the New Indie: Weasel Words from Author Solutions
  62. Judge Extends Google Book Settlement Deadline
  63. The WRITE Stuff: Another Author Reality Show
  64. The Sun Sets on Desert Rose Literary Agency
  65. Lulu Acquires Poetry.com
  66. Guest Blog — Playwriting in America: Percentages, Pitfalls, and “Pay-to-Play”
  67. Appeal to Airleaf Victims
  68. Articles on Self-Publishing: The Need for Balance
  69. Author Solutions Buys Trafford Publishing
  70. Agentfail
  71. Exciting News for Writer Beware!
  72. Making Lemonade Out of Self-Publishing Lemons
  73. Retaliatory Lawsuit Against Writer Beware Staff Dismissed
  74. Possible Scam Alert: Asian Cybersquatting
  75. The Ultimate Queryfail
  76. Eber & Wein / Poetry Nation: Another Vanity Anthology Scheme
  77. Possible Scam Alert: Paul Jackson Institute
  78. When Your Agent Only Has Excuses
  79. Publishers Weekly Highlights Two Vanity Publishers
  80. Hearst Partners With Helium
  81. Thoughts on the S-word
  82. Cacoethes Publishing to Some of its Authors: See Ya!
  83. Facebook TOS Controversy
  84. Writing Oddities: Shortstoryofthemonth.com
  85. Authors Guild Alert on “Text to Speech” Function of Kindle 2
  86. Opening Paragraphs for Sale
  87. YouWriteOn…Again
  88. University Press of the South
  89. Jones Harvest Publishing Goes Hollywood!
  90. Shades of Edit Ink: AuthorHouse and Objective Entertainment
  91. SFWA Service Award
  92. Michele Glance Rooney Strikes Again
  93. How Not to Self-Publish
  94. Author Solutions Acquires Xlibris
  95. Light Sword Publishing Petitions for Bankruptcy

2008 65

  1. Jones Harvest Publishing Redux
  2. Letter to a Desperate Author: Please Don’t Spam
  3. Subscriptions and Solicitations
  4. Why You Shouldn’t Write for Essay Mills
  5. Publishing’s Week of Gloom
  6. I Had a Dream…
  7. Freelancehomewriters.com
  8. A Day in the Life (Not Writer Beware)
  9. Tidbits
  10. FieldReport: Yet Another Update
  11. Again, Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
  12. Some Good Reading
  13. Zimbo Books Fiction Competition
  14. Ding Dong, BookWise is Dead
  15. Contest Alert: Mirage Books
  16. Authors Guild Settles With Google
  17. Writers’ Myths: Giving Back Your Advance
  18. Literary Agent Directories
  19. BookRix: Another Brand New Idea That Isn’t
  20. Blu Phier Publishing: Another Contract “Gotcha”
  21. YouWriteOn Wants 5,000 Writers
  22. Assisted Self-Publishing Services Face Defamation Lawsuits
  23. I Love Your Blog Award
  24. Temporary Copyright Transfer: A Publishing Contract Clause to Beware
  25. HarperCollins’ Authonomy: Slushkiller or New Slush?
  26. A Couple of Things: Airleaf, Local Agents
  27. New Publisher Caution: AbandonedNovel.com
  28. A Tale of a Big Advance: How the Media Got it Wrong
  29. Blurbings.com: Another Pointless Author “Service”
  30. FieldReport True Life Stories: Update
  31. Rating Publishers (and Agents)
  32. More Small Publisher Storm Warnings: Port Town Publishing and Light Sword Publishing
  33. Can Free Ebooks Boost Print Sales?
  34. Another Contest Alert: FieldReport True Life Stories
  35. Fake Contest Alert
  36. Airleaf Deja Vu: Jones Harvest Publishing
  37. Amazon Flexes UK Muscle
  38. Two Awards Banquets
  39. A Victory for Airleaf Authors
  40. Reeling in the Kids, Part 2: Operation Teen Author
  41. WEbook Update
  42. Precautions for Small Press Authors
  43. Words on WEbook (Or, Another Reason to Read the Fine Print)
  44. Research First, Query Next
  45. The Authors Guild on Amazon/BookSurge
  46. Setting the Record Straight on April 2nd…
  47. Some Really Bad News…
  48. Use BookSurge or Die?
  49. Kissed Publications: Hidden Costs
  50. Copyright Scam: US Copyright Registry
  51. Ways Not to Publicize Your Book: Spam Campaigns
  52. Of Online Book Sales (and Pies)
  53. Creative Byline: Hope or Hype?
  54. Writing What’s HOT…Or Not?
  55. 2008 Indie Book Awards
  56. Buddy, do I have a deal for you . . .
  57. The Top Twelve Things Writer Beware Can’t Do
  58. How 2 Rite Qwerry Lettrs
  59. WriteWise: BookWise Branches Out Into Vanity Publishing
  60. New Publishers: To Query or Not to Query
  61. Caution on the Internet (Part II)
  62. Gaming the System: Zooty and Flappers
  63. Vezeo.com Wants You to Write…for Free
  64. Thumbs Down Agency List Updated
  65. Make a New Year’s Resolution to Use Caution on the Internet

2007 79

  1. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
  2. Aultbea Publishing: Reeling in the Kids
  3. The Interminable Agency Clause
  4. The Empty Canoe: Another Scam Gets Its Due
  5. “Wake Up…Live the Life You Love”: Yet Another Vanity Scheme
  6. Literary Agent News: A New Agent Blog (Not)
  7. Writer Beware Welcomes New Team Member
  8. Lessons for Self-Publishers
  9. Agents and Publishing in Film and Television…Ahem
  10. Airleaf Update
  11. News of the Weird: Author’s For Reality Show
  12. More on the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
  13. The Chutzpah of Anomalos Publishers
  14. BookWise: A Multi-Level Marketing Scheme for Books
  15. Worthy Causes
  16. Christopher Hill Redux
  17. “People’s Choice” Awards: The New Fad in Publishing
  18. Solicitation Alert: The Robins Agency
  19. Chronicle Books and Blurb.com (or, Did You Think Kickbacks Were Just For Scammers)
  20. Book Millionaire: Author Reality Show Meets Actual Reality
  21. Vanity Ripoffs: Simon & Northrup Publishing / Martell Publishing
  22. iUniverse and AuthorHouse Merge
  23. How Do You Tell Who’s Going to “Make It?”
  24. Laray Carr Publications, a.k.a. LC Publications, a.k.a. LCP Media
  25. Important Update from Writer Beware on Robert Fletcher and Writer’s Literary Agency
  26. Spam Alert: eQuery Online
  27. The Ever-Popular Fake Submission Hoax (This Time Featuring Jane Austen)
  28. Who’s Wergle Flomp?
  29. American Author Contest
  30. Writers and Money (or, Why Most Writers Are Poor)
  31. Should Writers Worry About Blacklisting?
  32. Again, First Chapters Competition: This Time With Love
  33. May Writers’ Group Exposed
  34. Agent Spam: May Writers’ Group
  35. Literary Agents for Poets?
  36. News of the Weird: American Book Factory
  37. Michele Glance Rooney: Queen for a Day
  38. A Publishing Primer
  39. Canadian Aid Literary Award Contest Redux
  40. Scam Agents: Protesting Too Much
  41. News of the Weird: The Ultimate Author
  42. First Chapters Contest: We Have a Winner
  43. Guest Blogger — A Reviewer’s Plea
  44. Simon & Schuster, Media Predict, and Project Publish
  45. Contract Alert: Simon & Schuster
  46. Learning the Ropes
  47. Denial and Desperation: The Insidious Double D’s
  48. Beware Who’s Who Schemes
  49. Another Author Reality Show: Publish My Book!
  50. Publishing…Playing the Waiting Game
  51. Faux Copyright Registration Services: Something Else You Don’t Need to Pay For
  52. Writers’ Literary Agency: A New Alert from Writer Beware!
  53. More on Author Identity
  54. Not Just Yet…April Fools!
  55. Writer Beware Says Goodbye
  56. Author Identity Publishing Redux
  57. Stealth Vanity Publishers
  58. Literary Agents Online: Another Query Blasting Service
  59. Content Site Cautions
  60. SterlingHouse Publisher Wants YOU!
  61. LifeTips (or, Be Sure to Read the Fine Print)
  62. Helium: Concerns About Terms of Service
  63. Writers’ Conferences: When to be Wary
  64. The Scam-peror’s New Clothes: Robert Fletcher Changes Names…Again
  65. A Publishing Raffle?
  66. Should a Writer Query an Overseas Agent?
  67. Happy Valentine’s Day from Writer Beware!
  68. Yet More Contest Stuff
  69. Looking Forward to Valentine’s Day…
  70. News of the Weird: A Million Penguins
  71. When is a Display Site Not a Display Site?
  72. You Were Looking for WHAT??
  73. Privila: Privilege or Punishment?
  74. AirLeaf: A Night to Remember
  75. Update to Martha Ivery Case
  76. In the Wake of Sobol
  77. Sobol Contest Closes
  78. Evaluating Literary Contests
  79. Breakthrough Script Showcase: Another Iffy Contest

2006 108

  1. Legitimate: A Word I Don’t Like
  2. Meeting a Writer Beware “Ambassador”
  3. Why Scammers Are Hard to Put Away
  4. Associated Content: Something to Beware
  5. The Sobol Award Again
  6. Martha Ivery’s Sentencing — Part Two
  7. Martha Ivery’s Sentencing – Part One
  8. Martha Ivery Sentenced
  9. Clubs You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Member Of
  10. Update on Martha Ivery Case
  11. The Identity of Author Identity
  12. What’s In a (Correct) Name? A Small, Well-Mannered Rant
  13. The Cult of PArsonality…
  14. Home from WFC…
  15. Why You Shouldn’t Believe Them
  16. The IILAA Strikes Back
  17. The IILAA, or, What You Do When They Won’t Let You Into the Club
  18. e-LiteraryAgent: Something Else Not to Try
  19. More Reasons Not to Use Automated Query Services
  20. Grammar DOES Count, My Friends…
  21. Some of Our Faithful Readers…
  22. Lisa Hackney / Melanie Mills Rides Again
  23. Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 4
  24. Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 3
  25. Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 2
  26. Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale in Four Parts
  27. Martha Ivery Sentencing Delayed…AGAIN
  28. The Sobol Award
  29. Some Writing Problems to Avoid
  30. There’s No Such Thing as a Bargain Agent
  31. Barbara Bauer Redux, Redux
  32. Another Update
  33. A Junk Mail Agent
  34. Home Again
  35. Writing Productivity Tips
  36. Another New Alert on Writer Beware: Quiet Storm Publishing
  37. New Alert on Writer Beware: The Robins Agency / Cris Robins
  38. It’s NOT a Jungle Out There (or an Ocean, or Whatever)
  39. 20 Worst List Updated
  40. Hard Truths About Publishing
  41. Writers — Trust Your Instincts!
  42. Track Records: Another Cautionary Tale
  43. Top Ten Signs Your Agent is a Scammer
  44. Rebuttal Scuttlebutt
  45. iUniverse’s Publishing Program, and Placement in Barnes and Noble Stores (Revised)
  46. Some Thoughts on Lists
  47. Important Announcement! Attention, Writers!
  48. How To Write to the Authorities About Being Scammed
  49. What to Do If You’ve Been Scammed, Revisited
  50. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
  51. New Feature on the Writer Beware Website
  52. Home Again, Home Again
  53. The Barbara Bauer Show
  54. Fun and Games at the BEA
  55. AuthorHouse Under Fire
  56. Sticking With It
  57. What’s Questionable? (or, More People Out There Don’t Like Us)
  58. Helping Hand Literary Services: Another Scammer Bites the Big One
  59. Someone Out There Doesn’t Like Us (And We Don’t Care)
  60. The Sun Sets on Desert Rose?
  61. Editors and Agents
  62. The 20 Worst Come Home
  63. Barbara Bauer Redux
  64. Lisa Hackney/Melanie Mills: Coda
  65. Deconstructing an Agent’s Website
  66. Writing Query Letters
  67. Book Millionaire Author Reality Show
  68. Evaluating an Agent’s Website
  69. MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!
  70. Answers to Alphabeter’s Questions
  71. More Egg on the Face of PublishAmerica
  72. Go Ahead. Make My Day.
  73. Maggie’s Question
  74. Dave’s Question…
  75. Choose Your Own Topic – Here’s Your Opportunity!
  76. Where Have You Gone, Bill Appell?
  77. Become A Writer Beware “Ambassador”
  78. The Need to be READ…
  79. When An Agent Calls…
  80. “Everyone Has to Start Somewhere” (or, Things New Writers Say That Drive Me Crazy)
  81. Giving Your Work Away?
  82. Amazon Goes Into the Slush Pile Business
  83. Exploding Another Writing Myth — “You have to KNOW someone…”
  84. “Getting Published Is a Crapshoot”: Things New Writers Say That Drive Me Crazy
  85. Lost in the Mail: Going Postal in Scammer Land
  86. Lisa Hackney: Song of the Mother-Squasher
  87. I Can’t Sell Your Book Because…
  88. Lisa Hackney: And You Thought It Couldn’t Get Stranger
  89. Author-Agent Contracts
  90. Scamming in Snowbird Land, or how I spent my Florida Vacation (Not Really…)
  91. The Blooker Prize (no, that’s not a typo)
  92. Breaking Up (It’s Not Hard to Do)
  93. Faking a Track Record
  94. Why You Should Always Read the Fine Print of Contest Entry Rules
  95. What Real Agents Don’t Do
  96. What REAL Agents Do – Part 4, Subsidiary Rights
  97. More Dubious Writers’ Services: The Manuscript Display Website
  98. What REAL Agents Do…Part 3
  99. Author Surrogates: A Business Proposition
  100. Worthless Services for Writers: Bookblaster
  101. What Real Agents Do – Part 2
  102. The Utterly Bizarre, Absolutely True Saga of Lisa Hackney, Literary Scammer: Part 3
  103. What Does a REAL Agent Do?
  104. How Warnings Can Backfire
  105. The Utterly Bizarre, Absolutely True Saga of Lisa Hackney, Literary Scammer: Part 2
  106. What to do if you’ve been scammed…
  107. Much Ado About Nothin’
  108. The Utterly Bizarre, Absolutely True Tale of Lisa Hackney, Literary Scammer: Part 1

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  1. “Where There’s Smoke…”
  2. Another Day, Another Cease & Desist
  3. Ann’s Martha Ivery Interview
  4. More Martha Ivery
  5. Call me Doctor and Other Irrelevancies
  6. Writing Myths…If it isn’t perfect…
  7. Writing Myths…”If I can just get it out there…”
  8. Shades of Gray
  9. Scam Tales, With Haiku
  10. More on Desperation
  11. More Writing Hints
  12. Copyright 101, the Other Half
  13. Today’s Lesson: Copyright 101
  14. When Bad Agents Go Badder
  15. More Martha Ivery
  16. Another Victory for Writer Beware! WE RULE!!!
  17. CAVEAT EMPTOR!
  18. Why You Need to Double-Check Reputations
  19. Ghosts, Scammers and Harry Potter
  20. All in a Day’s Sleuthing
  21. Thanksgiving and General Stuff
  22. Because They Lie
  23. Cease and Desist Plus Holiday Wishes
  24. A Change of Pace
  25. Fun With Writer Beware
  26. A Spiffed Up Site!
  27. Victoria Strauss 1–Introducing Myself
  28. It Has Happened Again…
  29. Example of a Synopsis for Bonnie
  30. Writing a Synopsis
  31. A.C. Crispin -10
  32. A.C. Crispin – 9
  33. A.C. Crispin – 8
  34. A.C. Crispin 7
  35. A.C. Crispin 6
  36. A.C. Crispin – 5
  37. A.C. Crispin 3&4
  38. A.C. Crispin – No 3
  39. A.C. Crispin – No. 2
  40. A.C. Crispin