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posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
As readers of this blog know, I'm fascinated by the strange phenomena that flourish at the fringes of the publishing world. So I was thrilled recently to discover yet another example: an online course that...
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Copyright, literally, is "the right to copy." It guarantees the authors of creative works--including books, artworks, films, recordings, photographs--the exclusive right for a set period of time to allow...
Unlike commercial or trade publishers, whose business model is based on book volume (selling as many books as possible from a limited number of authors), author mills' business model is based on author volume (selling a limited number of books from as...
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
This is a followup to my post on Thomas Nelson's new self-publishing division, West Bow Press--specifically, on Nelson's plans to pay referral fees to agents and others who refer writers to West Bow.
Agent...
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
As reported today in the Wall Street Journal, Thomas Nelson, a major independent Christian publisher, is adding a self-publishing line to its business.
Books from the new imprint, West Bow Press, will be...
Victoria's Writer Beware blogs are enormously helpful to writers who are trying to get published without falling victim to the scammers. They are very well written and entertaining.
My wife got one of those
Who's Who and was a little mad at me for 'doing research' and discovering that it's a scam. Thankfully, a dinner and a movie got me out of the dog house and so did your blog.
Thanks
feyaia Van Pri
It is always hard hitting and easy to read.
It is content which is designed to help the reader and the writer with hard questions and who to avoid.
Content is great.
Writer Beware ruthlessly lays the smack down on hundreds of writing scams, and is an invaluable resource to any burgeoning author who wants to avoid being caught out. Remember, money flows TOWARD the writer.
While well written in form and syntax, the author proves time and again that she is purely on a mission to elevate the status of her accomplishments while tearing down the accomplishments of others.
I think this blog is awesome. Reason? I am soo tired of all these people trying to get over on unsuspecting people. I think that's all they do is sit at home and think of ways to con people out of hard earned money with empty promises. But when you talk to them they really can't answer any of your questions. Why? Because that's what part of the membership fee covers.
Great blog. Keep up the good work.
