Advice, Discussion, and Warnings - Specific
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Agents, Specific
Barbara Bauer
2--Fun With Writer Beware (VS – 11/16/05)
(Agent “B” makes a fuss) Link
16 Cease and Desist Plus Holiday Wishes (AC – 11/20/05)
(Agent “B” still fussing) Link
Barbara Bauer Redux (VS – 4/25/06)
Link
The Barbara Bauer Show (VS – 5/26/06)
Link
Barbara Bauer Redux, Redux (VS – 9/5/06)
Link
Martha Ivery aka Kelly O’Donnell
No. 2 (AC – 9/28/05)
(How WB began: Martha Ivery aka Kelly O’Donnell) Link
3 (AC – 10/2/05)
(Enter the Deerings; O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 2) Link
3&4 (AC – 10/3/05)
(Deering, O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 3) Link
5 (AC – 10/4/05)
(Meeting Victoria, Deering, O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 4) Link
7 (AC – 10/18/05)
(Deering wrap-up, O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 5) Link
8 (AC – 10/21/05)
(O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 6) Link
9 (AC – 10/24/05)
(O’Donnell / Ivery, Part 7) Link
20 Another Victory for Writer Beware! WE RULE!!! (AC – 12/5/05)
(Ivery pleads guilty!) Link
More Martha Ivery (VS – 12/5/05)
(Media coverage of Martha’s guilty plea) Link
More Martha Ivery (VS – 12/28/05)
(Ann interviewed by SciFi Wire) Link
Ann's Martha Ivery Interview (VS – 12/29/05)
(Transcript) Link
61 – Martha Ivery Sentencing Delayed...AGAIN (AC – 9/20/06)
Link
67 – Update on Martha Ivery Case (AC – 11/26/06)
Link
Martha Ivery Sentenced (VS – 11/29/06)
Link
68 – Martha Ivery's Sentencing – Part One (AC – 12/1/06)
Link
69 -- Martha Ivery's Sentencing -- Part Two (AC -12/4/06)
Link
71 – Update to Martha Ivery Case (AC – 1/17/07)
Link
Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills, Elisabeth Von Hullessem, et al.
Another One Bites the Dust (VS – 1/1/06)
(Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills, et al.) Link
The Lisa Hackey Saga, Part 2 (VS – 1/5/06)
(Melanie Mills) Link
The Saga of Lisa Hackney, Part 3 (VS – 1/9/06)
(Melanie Mills) Link
Song of the Mother-Squasher (VS – 2/11/06)
(Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills) Link
And You Thought It Couldn't Get Stranger (VS – 2/6/06)
(Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills) Link
Lisa Hackney/Melanie Mills: Coda (VS – 4/20/06)
Link
MM Rides Again (VS – 10/4/06)
(Lisa Hackney aka Melanie Mills) Link
Robert Fletcher
56 Important Announcement! Attention, Writers! (AC – 6/15/06)
(Call for victims of Robert Fletcher) Link
The Scam-peror's New Clothes (VS – 2/26/07)
(Robert Fletcher changes names yet again) Link
New Alert from Writer Beware! (AC – 4/8/07)
(Call for victims of Robert Fletcher who live in Florida) Link
Important Update from Writer Beware (AC – 8/28/07)
(Call for victims of Robert Fletcher) Link
Retaliatory Lawsuit Against Writer Beware Staff Dismissed (VS – 3/26/09)
(More egg on Fletcher’s face) Link
Robert Fletcher's Lawsuit Against Writer Beware Ruled Frivolous (VS – 8/11/09)
(Does more need to be said?) Link
Florida Attorney General Files Suit Against Robert Fletcher / Writers' Literary Agency (VS – 9/3/09)
Link
How the Media Gets It Wrong (VS – 8/27/10)
(A 23-book “deal” to Strategic Book Publishing) Link
Update on Strategic Book Publishing / Writers Literary Agency / Robert Fletcher (VS – 2/1/11)
(The lawsuit’s still at the cleaners) Link
Robert Fletcher of SBPRA to Pay Author Restitution in Settlement of Florida Lawsuit (VS – 5/13/14)
Link
Alert: Cookbook Marketing Agency (VS – 11/12/14)
(Another Fletcher scheme) Link
Cris Robins
Go Ahead. Make My Day. (VS – 3/23/06)
(Cris Robins makes a fuss) Link
New Alert on Writer Beware (VS – 7/29/06)
(The Robins Agency, Cris Robins) Link
Solicitation Alert (VS – 9/30/07)
(The Robins Agency, Cris Robins) Link
Cris Robins and The Robins Agency: She's Ba-aaack! (VS – 1/29/10)
Link
Leann Murphy
50 – The Sun Sets on Desert Rose? (AC – 5/3/06)
(Call for victims of Leann Murphy) Link
The IILAA, or, What You Do When They Won't Let You Into the Club (VS – 10/27/06)
(Leann Murphy) Link
The IILAA Strikes Back (VS – 10/30/06)
Link
The Sun Sets on Desert Rose Literary Agency (VS – 4/22/09)
(The law catches up to Leann Murphy) Link
Christopher Hill
Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale in Four Parts (VS – 9/23/06)
Link
Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 2 (VS – 9/24/06)
Link
Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 3 (VS – 9/25/06)
Link
Hill & Hill Literary Agency: A Scam Tale, Part 4 (VS – 9/26/06)
Link
Christopher Hill Redux (VS – 10/11/07)
Link
Michele Glance Rooney aka Shelly May
Queen for a Day (VS – 6/19/07)
(Michele Glance Rooney) Link
Agent Spam: May Writers' Group (VS – 7/16/07)
(Shelly May) Link
May Writers' Group Exposed (VS – 7/20/07)
(Michele Glance Rooney aka Shelly May) Link
A New Agent Blog (Not) (VS – 11/21/07)
(Literary Agent News, Michele Glance Rooney) Link
Michele Glance Rooney Strikes Again (VS – 1/12/09)
Link
Et Al.
Deconstructing an Agent’s Website (VS – 4/12/06)
(Literary Associates, Henry Santsaver) Link
An (Amateur) Agent's Lot is Not a Happy One (VS – 4/28/06)
(Adrian Streather) Link
Another Scammer Bites the Big One (VS – 5/ 9/06)
(Helping Hand Literary Agency, George Harrison & Janet Kay Titsworth) Link
Track Records: Another Cautionary Tale (VS – 7/8/06)
(Carol Givner Literary Agency) Link
A Junk Mail Agent (VS – 8/24/06)
(John Hancock Literary Agency) Link
Shades of Edit Ink: AuthorHouse and Objective Entertainment (VS – 1/26/09)
Link
Drewlie & Julia: Or, The Case of the Alias'd Literary Agent (VS – 12/21/09)
(The saga of Sara Levine aka Julia Levin aka Drew Montgomery) Link
Alert: Jane Dowary Agency (VS – 2/21/14)
(Julia Levin aka Drew Montgomery) Link
Apparently I'm a Boring Wrinkled Self-Published Lesbian (VS – 1/11/10)
(Love notes from “agent” Eddie Kritzer) Link
The Law Finally Catches Up With Faux Literary Agent/Film Producer Robin Price (VS – 1/15/10)
Link
Unhappy Client Suing B.K. Nelson Inc. Literary Agency (VS – 9/28/10)
Link
The Peter Lampack Agency Loses Suit Against Former Client (VS – 11/3/10)
Link
Red Flag Alert: Loiacono Literary Agency, Swetky Literary Agency, Warner Literary Group (VS – 2/16/17)
Link
Best Solution Author Agency (or, Beware of Agent Solicitations) (VS – 1/21/11)
Link
Clark, Mendelson, and Scott: New Name for a Fee-Charging Agency (VS – 6/3/11)
(Samuel C. Asinugo tries again) Link
Beware Zombies: Franklin-Madison Literary Agency (VS – 11/2/11)
Link
Guest Blog Post: A Blast From the Past--Thieving "Literary Agent" Uwe Luserke Re-Surfaces (VS – 12/6/11)
(By author Michael Capobianco) Link
New/Updated Alerts at Writer Beware: Literary Agent Uwe Luserke, SBPRA (VS – 4/23/12)
Link
Publishers, Specific (Loosely alphabetical by publisher)
Happy Valentine's Day from Writer Beware! (VS – 2/14/07)
(The Two Thumbs Down Publishers List) Link
Police Investigate Pay-to-Play Publisher 2 Moon Press (VS – 6/13/13)
Link
2 Moon Press—Update (VS – 11/8/15)
Link
Justice for Authors: 2 Moon Press Authors Raising Funds to Sue Their Deadbeat Publisher (VS – 2/28/14)
Link
The Mail I Get (VS – 1/11/11)
(Less-than-effective PR from 3L Publishing) Link
New Authors As Shark Bait: Steve Alten's A&M Publishing (VS – 3/2/16)
Link
AbandonedNovel.com (VS – 8/22/08)
(Teton River Productions) Link
Rebuttal Scuttlebutt (VS – 7/3/06)
(Airleaf creates Authors Speak Out “blog”) Link
A Night to Remember (VS – 1/20/07)
(Airleaf’s Author Cruise) Link
Airleaf Update (VS – 11/3/07)
(Mounting legal troubles) Link
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! (AC – 12/24/07)
(Airleaf shut down) Link
A Victory for Airleaf Authors (VS – 5/11/08)
Link
Airleaf Deja Vu: Jones Harvest Publishing (VS – 6/11/08)
(Brien Jones) Link
Jones Harvest Publishing Redux (VS – 12/28/08)
(Brien Jones) Link
Jones Harvest Publishing Goes Hollywood! (VS – 1/29/09)
Link
Appeal to Airleaf Victims (VS – 4/10/09)
Link
Airleaf: Coda (VS – 9/18/09)
Link
Expanded Alert at Writer Beware: American Book Publishing / Alexis Press / All Classic Books / Atlantic National Books (VS – 8/8/13)
Link
Going Out of Business, Nigerian Spam-Scam Style (VS – 11/5/13)
(All Classic Books aka Cheryl Lee Nunn) Link
All Classic Books: The Scam Continues (VS – 12/2/13)
(Cheryl Lee Nunn) Link
Almond Press Short Story Competition: Writing for "Exposure" (VS – 6/24/15)
Link
Almond Press Redux: Revenge-Rating A Critic (VS – 12/18/15)
Link
Chutzpah (VS – 10/19/07)
(Anomalos Publishers) Link
Publisher Alert: Arvo Basim Yayin of Turkey (VS – 12/19/11)
Link
Trouble at Aspen Mountain Press (VS – 9/26/11)
Link
A Small Press Implodes: The Inside Story of Aspen Mountain Press (VS – 10/25/11)
Link
Questions for Vanity Publisher Austin Macauley Yield Few Answers (VS – 12/21/16)
Link
Author-Unfriendly Terms at Autharium (VS – 3/21/13)
(Just say no to “publishers” offering “services”) Link
The Identity of Author Identity (VS – 11/20/06)
(Author Identity Publishing) Link
Author Identity Publishing Redux (VS – 3/30/07)
Link
More on Author Identity (VS – 4/4/07)
(Kevin Fabiano) Link
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Tales of the Big Advance (VS – 8/11/08)
(AuthorHouse) Link
Author Solutions Acquires Xlibris (VS – 1/8/09)
(AuthorHouse) Link
Author Solutions Buys Trafford Publishing (VS – 4/5/09)
Link
Vanity is the New Indie: Weasel Words from Author Solutions (VS – 5/3/09)
Link
Author Solutions CEO Wants to Talk to Writers' "Guilds" (VS – 1/26/10)
Link
Another Interesting Promotion From AuthorHouse (6/08/09)
(Targeting the elderly via the AARP) Link
Author Solutions Inc. Expands (Again) (VS – 6/4/10)
Link
Democratization or Disinformation? (VS – 12/2/10)
(Author Solutions’ latest whitepaper) Link
BookTango: Author Solutions Rolls Out Ebook Distribution Services (VS – 2/15/12)
Link
Author Solutions Introduces BookStub (VS – 6/19/12)
(Nifty marketing idea for astronomical price) Link
Fake Jared And His Friends: Author Solutions' Misleading PR Strategies (VS – 8/30/12)
Link
A Partridge in a Penguin Tree (VS – 2/14/13)
(Author Solutions invades India) Link
Law Firm Investigates Author Solutions Inc. (VS – 3/4/13)
(Call for victims of deceptive practices) Link
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Author Solutions Inc. (VS – 5/1/13)
Link
Penguin and Author Solutions File for Dismissal of Class Action Lawsuit (VS – 6/24/13)
Link
More Warnings: Spectacular Productions; Balboa Press / Author Solutions (VS – 8/30/13)
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Author Solutions Class Action Lawsuit: Update (VS – 9/18/13) [url=http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2013/09/author-solutions-class-action-lawsuit.html]Link
The Bookseller Takes a Stand: No More Advertising from Author Solutions, Inc. (VS – 2/18/14)
Link
Class Action Lawsuit Against Author Solutions Inc.: Update (VS – 4/30/14)
Link
Author Solutions Inc. Expands "Partridge" Brand to Singapore and Africa (VS – 5/2/14)
Link
A Marketing Pitch from Author Solutions (VS – 7/28/14)
Link
Megustaescribir: Author Solutions Inc. Expands Into Spain (VS – 11/21/14)
Link
Author Solutions Inc. Losing Market Share As Production Numbers Fall (VS – 3/1/15)
Link
Update: Lawsuit Against Author Solutions Inc. (VS – 3/6/15)
Link
Second Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Author Solutions Inc. (VS – 3/26/15)
Link
Author Solutions Lawsuit Update: Class Certification Denied (VS – 7/3/15)
Link
Author Solutions Class Action Lawsuit Settled (VS – 8/25/15)
Link
Author Solutions Sold to Private Equity Firm (VS – 1/5/16)
Link
Profit Engine: The Author Solutions Markup (VS – 1/15/16)
Link
The Continuing Decline of "Assisted-Self-Publishing" Giant Author Solutions (VS – 1/18/17)
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Solicitation Alert: Blessed Hope Publishing (VS – 2/18/13)
Link
Blue Ash Publishing: New Self-Publishing Service from Writer's Digest (VS – 8/19/14)
Link
Blu Phier Publishing: Another Contract "Gotcha" (VS – 10/3/08)
Link
Use BookSurge or Die? (VS – 3/28//08)
(Amazon’s ultimatum to POD users) Link
The Authors Guild on Amazon/BookSurge (VS – 4/4/08)
Link
Amazon BookSurge Anti-Trust Lawsuit Can Proceed (VS – 8/27/09)
Link
Cacoethes Publishing to Some of its Authors: See Ya! (VS – 2/20/09)
Link
Christian Writers Guild Publishing: Pay to Play from Jerry B. Jenkins (VS – 2/1/13)
Link
And You Thought Kickbacks Were Just For Scammers (VS – 9/21/07)
(Chronicle Books, Blurb) Link
From Chronicle Books (VS – 9/28/07)
(Statement re: Blurb controversy) Link
Crescent Moon Press, Musa Publishing Close Their Doors (VS – 2/27/15)
Link
Author Concerns and Complaints at Crimson Romance (VS – 6/19/13)
Link
D Publishing: Dymocks' New Self-Pub Service (VS – 12/16/11)
Link
Diggory Press: Stranger Than Fiction (VS – 6/10/09)
(Basket case headed for court case) Link
Alert: Trouble at Ellora's Cave (VS – 9/15/14)
Link
Notes From the Underbelly (VS – 11/16/10)
(James Frey’s book packager Full Fathom Five) Link
The Empty Canoe: Another Scam Gets Its Due (VS – 12/6/07)
Link
The Short Life and Strange Death of Entranced Publishing (VS – 3/28/14)
Link
e-Publishing Revo: It's a New Electronic Self-Publishing Service, But There's a Catch (VS – 5/10/12)
Link
Farrah Gray Publishing (VS – 7/19/11)
(Imprint of Health Communications Inc. charges authors $100k) Link
Guest Blog Post: Fitzhenry and Whiteside--Writer Beware (VS – 10/18/11)
(By author Doranna Durgin) Link
Bad Impressions for Good Impressions Audio Books (VS – 8/17/09)
Link
Warning: Green Shore Publishing (VS – 7/22/14)
(Adam Salviani) Link
Harlequin Horizons: Another Major Publisher Adds A Self-Publishing Division (VS – 11/18/09)
Link
MWA Weighs In On Harlequin Horizons (VS – 11/19/09)
Link
SFWA on Harlequin Horizons (VS – 11/19/09)
Link
Mystery Writers of America Delists Harlequin (VS – 12/4/09)
Link
Author Solutions CEO Responds to Harlequin/Nelson Flap (VS – 12/7/09)
Link
New Name for Harlequin Horizons: DellArte Press (VS – 11/24/09)
Link
Digital Rights Showdown: HarperCollins v. Open Road (VS – 1/17/12)
Link
Time to Bury the Hachette (MC – 7/10/14)
(Publishers v. Amazon) Link
Hay House Establishes Publishing Service Division (VS – 5/14/10)
(Another Author Solutions vanity “partnership”) Link
Police Investigate Historical Pages Publishing Company (VS – 6/7/11)
(Peter Campbell-Copp faces felony charges) Link
Hudson Audio Publishing (VS – 12/10/09)
Link
The Fine Print of iBooks Author (VS – 1/20/12)
Link
Publisher Alert: Iconic Publishing / Jonquil Press / Red Lizard Press (VS – 8/21/13)
Link
Inspired Living Publishing: Another Vanity Anthology Scheme (VS – 2/17/10)
Link
57 – iUniverse's Publishing Program, and Placement in Barnes and Noble Stores (Revised) (AC – 6/30/06)
Link
iUniverse and AuthorHouse Merge (VS – 9/10/07)
Link
Solicitation Alerts: JustFiction! Edition and DIP Publishing House (VS – 8/2/11)
(Stay safe: don’t do business with spammers) Link
The Fine Print of Amazon's New KDP Select Program (VS – 12/8/11)
Link
Guest Post: One Author's First Month in KDP Select (VS – 1/27/12)
(By author Heather Wardell) Link
Kindle Scout: The Pros and Cons of Amazon's New Crowdsourced Publishing Program (VS – 10/29/14)
Link
Kissed Publications: Hidden Costs (VS – 3/26/08)
Link
Laray Carr Publications, a.k.a. LC Publications, a.k.a. LCP Media (VS – 9/207)
Link
Solicitation Alert: Litfire Publishing (VS – 11/7/14)
Link
Dispatches from the Ebook Wars: Macmillan vs. Amazon (VS – 2/1/10)
Link
Niche Age Media: Laray Carr Returns (VS – 8/3/09)
Link
More Small Publisher Storm Warnings: Port Town Publishing and Light Sword Publishing (VS – 7/11/08)
Link
Light Sword Publishing Petitions for Bankruptcy (VS – 1/6/09)
Link
Alert: Light Sword Publishing, a.k.a. LSP Digital, Returns (VS – 11/18/11)
Link
Alerts: Lobster Press and Dailey Swan Publishing (VS – 10/13/11)
Link
Lulu Acquires Poetry.com (VS – 4/17/09)
Link
Essential Reading (VS – 9/14/07)
(Martell Publishing, Ed Johnson) Link
Submission Guidelines to Beware of: Midwest Literary Magazine (VS – 3/25/11)
Link
Month9Books Scales Back Its List Amid Allegations of Nonpayment (VS – 7/1/16)
Link
"Cutting Lists Isn't New": Q&A with Month9books Founder Georgia McBride (VS – 7/8/16)
Link
Publishers Weekly Features Vanity Publisher Morgan James ... Again (VS – 3/11/16)
Link
Rights Grab: Omni Reboot (Updated) (VS – 3/23/15)
Link
Indiana Attorney General Investigates New Century Publishing (VS – 8/9/10)
Link
New Century Publishing: Update (VS – 10/11/10)
(Another suit by the Indiana Attorney General) Link
Karma's a Bitch: Robin Price, David William Caswell (VS – 3/31/11)
(Avalon Associates, New Century Publishing) Link
New Publisher House and the State of Independence 2014 Report: Grain of Salt Required (VS – 10/4/13)
Link
More Publisher Storm Warnings (VS – 8/23/13)
(Noble Romance, Vanilla Heart, et al.) Link
Authors Guild Statement on the Wylie Agency's New Epublishing Venture (VS – 7/26/10)
Odyssey Editions Link
Alert for Poets: Oprah Wants You (But You May Not Want Oprah) (VS – 2/3/11)
(Look under your seat for a major rights grab) Link
Postage Promotion (VS – 8/25/09)
(Outskirts Press) Link
More Money-Wasting "Opportunities" For Writers (VS – 6/22/12)
(Outskirts Press, Living Now Book Awards) Link
Pearson Education Extends Scope of Permissions Licenses (VS – 12/13/11)
Link
Pearson Buys Author Solutions (VS – 7/19/12)
Link
Barnes & Noble Launches PubIt! Self-Publishing Service (VS – 10/5/10)
Link
More Egg on the Face of PublishAmerica (VS – 3/27/06)
(PA loses arbitration) Link
65 – The Cult of PArsonality... (AC – 11/7/06)
(Publish America) Link
How Not To Change Your Business Model: The Latest On Permuted Press (VS – 10/23/14)
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PublishAmerica Strikes Again (VS – 4/16/10)
(Their latest ploy to get authors to buy their own books) Link
PublishAmerica's "Brand New Start": Independence Books (AC – 7/13/10)
Link
PublishAmerica Will Be Your Literary Agent...For $199 (VS – 5/27/11)
(It’d be funny if it weren’t so sad) Link
Taking Famous Names in Vain (VS – 8/16/11)
(PublishAmerica offers promotion to J.K. Rowling and Edinburgh Int'l Book Festival. For a fee, of course.) Link
PublishAmerica and J.K. Rowling: Retractomancy (VS – 8/18/11)
(PA’s response to Rowling’s C&D) Link
PublishAmerica and CBA: Rowling Redux (VS – 9/21/11)
Link
PublishAmerica, Literary Agent: An Inside Look (VS – 3/30/12)
Link
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against PublishAmerica (VS – 6/13/12)
Link
Class Action Lawsuit Against PublishAmerica Dismissed (VS – 9/28/12)
Link
Another Class Action Suit Launched Against PublishAmerica (VS – 3/11/13)
(Once more into the breach of contract) Link
For Those of You Who Are Wondering Why Someone Might Want to Launch a Class Action Lawsuit Against PublishAmerica (VS – 3/15/13)
(Srsly, WTF?) Link
PublishAmerica Is Now America Star Books (VS – 2/1/14)
Link
PublishAmerica / America Star Books Lawsuit Against Writer Beware Settled (VS – 3/23/16)
Link
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PUBSLUSH Press (VS – 9/20/11)
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PUBSLUSH Press: Update (VS – 9/23/11)
Link
Another New Alert on Writer Beware (VS – 8/2/06)
(Quiet Storm Publishing, Clint Gaige) Link
One Week, Two Big Pieces of Ebook News (VS – 12/14/09)
(S&S, et al. to delay ebook versions; Random House attempts grab of e-rights for old books) Link
Authors Guild Statement on Random House's Rights Grab (VS – 12/15/09)
Link
Authors Guild Statement on Penguin-Random House Merger (VS – 11/6/12)
Link
Second-Class Contracts? Deal Terms at Random House's Hydra Imprint (VS – 2/28/13)
Link
SFWA De-Lists Hydra; Random House Responds (VS – 3/7/13)
Link
Random House Announces New Terms at Digital Imprints Hydra, Alibi, Loveswept, and Flirt (VS – 3/12/13)
Link
Alert: Raider Publishing International / Purehaven Press (VS – 3/27/12)
(Adam Salviani) Link
Warning: Raider Publishing International (VS – 4/16/15)
(Adam Salviani) Link
Solicitation Alert: RPI Publications, a.k.a. Raider Publishing International (VS – 2/16/16)
(Adam Salviani) Link
Small Press Storm Warnings: Pegasus Books, Realmwalker Publishing Group, Spectral Press, Tickety Boo Press (VS – 4/22/16)
Link
Red Rose Publishing: Alert (VS – 9/3/10) (Unprofessional publisher is unprofessional)
Link
New Publisher: Resurrection House (VS – 9/10/13)
Link
Contract Alert: Simon & Schuster (VS – 5/18/07)
Link
Simon & Schuster, Media Predict, and Project Publish (VS – 5/23/07)
Link
Archway Publishing: Simon & Schuster Adds a Self-Publishing Division (VS – 11/28/12)
Link
Writing Oddities: Shortstoryofthemonth.com (VS – 2/16/09)
Link
Another Small Press Horror Story: Silver Publishing Is Gone (VS – 4/15/14)
Link
How Publishers Abuse Termination Fees: Sky Warrior Books (VS – 7/15/16)
Link
Start Media Buys Whiskey Creek Press, Imposes New Contract Terms (VS – 6/27/14)
Link
Start Media Responds to Questions on Purchase of Whiskey Creek Press (VS – 6/27/14)
Link
52 – Fun and Games at the BEA (AC – 5/21/06)
(SterlingHouse, Royal Fireworks) Link
SterlingHouse Publisher Wants YOU! (VS – 3/17/07)
(Cynthia Sterling, Lee Shore Company) Link
SterlingHouse Publisher's Cover Gambit (Or, How Some Publishers Make Money) (VS – 5/18/09)
(Charges for “promotion” at BEA) Link
Swoon Reads: New "Crowdsourced" Teen Romance Imprint (VS – 10/1/13)
(div. of Macmillan) Link
Tate Publishing & Enterprises Slapped With $1.7 Million Lawsuit (VS – 6/16/16)
Link
Trouble at Tate: Could It Be End of Days for America's Most Prolific Vanity Publisher? (VS – 12/9/16)
Link
The Law Finally Catches Up With Tate Publishing & Enterprises (VS – 5/4/17)
Link
Thomas Nelson Adds Self-Publishing Imprint (VS – 10/13/09)
(West Bow Press) Link
Rights Grab: Transferring Copyright (VS – 12/16/14)
(The Toast ezine) Link
Small Press Storm Warnings: Torquere Press, Caliburn Press, Month9books (VS – 12/1/16)
Link
Torquere Press is Closing (VS – 12/13/16)
Link
And Speaking of Vanity Publishing... (VS – 11/24/09)
(Tweetbookz) Link
I Broke a News Story, and All I Got Was This Freaking T-Shirt (VS – 5/10/11)
(T-Post Magazine) Link
University Press of the South (VS – 2/2/09) (Vanity press masquerades as an academic)
Link
Swinging the Other Way: Vanity Publisher Goes Non-Vanity (VS – 11/9/10)
(Vantage adds a trade imprint) Link
Venerable Vanity Publisher Vantage Press Closes Its Doors (VS – 1/16/13)
Link
VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller (VS – 9/14/09)
(An academic author mill) Link
Solicitation Alert: Bloggingbooks (VS – 11/11/13)
(VDM / Verlag Dr. Mueller) Link
Wake Up and Pay: Yet Another Vanity Scheme (VS – 11/28/07)
(Steven E. and Lee Beard) Link
Wake Up.. and Pay (Redux) (VS – 7/24/09)
(Wake Up Publishing) Link
Words on WEbook (Or, Another Reason to Read the Fine Print) (VS – 4/18/08)
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WEbook Update (VS – 5/2/08)
Link
WinePress Publishing: Scandal-Plagued Self-Publishing Service Closes Its Doors (VS – 1/31/14)
Link
WriteWise: BookWise Branches Out (VS – 2/10/08)
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Ding Dong, BookWise is Dead (VS – 11/4/08)
Link
Pay-To-Play Alert: #Worldclass Magazine (VS – 7/15/15)
Link
5,000 Writers (VS – 9/27/08)
(YouWriteOn, Legend Press) Link
YouWriteOn...Again (VS – 2/5/09)
Link
YouWriteOn Redux (VS – 9/24/10)
Link
Are You a Published Author? Now You Can Tell the World! (VS – 2/4/10)
(ZLS Publishing offers Author plaques) Link
Zooty Suit Riot (VS – 1/17/08)
(Zooty and Flappers, Domenic Pappalardo) Link
Writers’ Services & Such (Loosely grouped by type)
Worthless Services for Writers, Part 1 (VS – 1/12/06)
(Manuscript submission services; Bookblaster. Scriptblaster) Link
More Reasons Not to Use Automated Query Services (VS – 10/19/06)
(BookBlaster, et al.) Link
Opening a Vein: Agent Artery (VS – 1/21/14)
(Another useless submission service) Link
Agent Inbox (VS – 11/13/09)
(Query service from WEbook) Link
American Writing Association: A Service Writers Don't Need (VS – 7/1/14)
Link
MLM for Writers: The Best Authors Lounge (VS – 11/25/11)
Link
How Not to Seek a Literary Agent: The Perils of "Middleman" Services (VS – 8/12/14)
(Bookmarq.net) Link
Bowker Manuscript Submissions (VS – 8/13/10) (Yes, *that* Bowker)
Link
Creative Byline: Great Write Hope or Great Write Hype? (VS – 3/8/08)
Link
e-LiteraryAgent: Something Else Not to Try (VS – 10/24/06)
Link
Facebook TOS Controversy (VS – 2/18/09)
Link
Literary Agents Online: Another Query Blasting Service (VS – 3/23/07)
Link
Spam Alert: eQuery Online (VS – 8/24/07)
Link
More Dubious Writers' Services: The Manuscript Display Website (VS – 1/17/06)
Link
Manuscript Pitch Websites: Do Literary Agents Use Them? (VS – 3/10/15)
(WriterPitch) Link
All Romance eBooks' Sudden Closing: Many Questions, Few Answers (VS – 12/30/16)
Link
Amazon Goes Into the Slush Pile Business (VS – 2/18/06)
(Amazon’s Talent Acquisition Program) Link
Authonomy: Slushkiller or New Slush? (VS – 9/5/08)
(HarperCollins UK) Link
Book Country And Self-Publishing: Why the Hate? (VS – 11/23/11)
Link
How to Fail on the Internet Without Really Trying: AuthorForSale.com (VS – 7/7/10)
(YADS) Link
40 – Giving Your Work Away? (AC- 2/21/06)
(Make sure you’re getting exposure you actually want) Link
BookRix: Another Brand New Idea That Isn't (VS – 10/10/08)
Link
How to Succeed in Authorship Without Really Trying (VS – 4/11/14)
(Buy Now Books, StoryMondo) Link
IndieReader (VS – 6/23/09)
(Reviews and promotes self-pubbed books – for a fee) Link
Scribd's New Ebook Subscription Service: Partnering with Publishers, Profiting from Piracy (MC – 1/9/14)
Link
Story Surgeon: An App for Copyright Infringement (VS – 1/23/14)
Link
Publetariat Vault (VS – 7/16/09)
(Yet Another Display Site) Link
Publishers' Desk: Display or Misplay? (VS – 2/9/12)
Link
Plog, plog, plog, plog, plog... (VS – 3/1/06)
(AmazonConnect) Link
Plogs, RIP (VS – 4/22/07)
(Plogs replaced by Amazon Daily) Link
PW Select: Opportunity or Exploitation? (VS – 8/25/10) (Publishers Weekly charges self-/vanity published for the *possibility* of a review)
Link
Publishers Weekly Moves Into Self-Publishing (VS – 5/29/12)
(Partners with Vook for PW Select Plus) Link
Writers' & Artists New Self-Publishing Comparison Service Leaves Much to be Desired (VS – 10/11/13)
Link
43 Where Have You Gone, Bill Appell? (AC – 3/8/06)
(Edit Ink) Link
Another Service You Don't Need (VS – 4/12/07)
(The Intellectual Property Rights Office) Link
Copyright Scam: US Copyright Registry (VS – 3/23/08)
Link
Copyright Protection Service: Another One You Don't Need (VS – 6/2/10)
Link
How Not To Register Copyright (VS – 10/10/14)
(Copyright Registry Online) Link
The Albee Agency: Book Publicity Faked (VS – 12/6/12)
Link
Sandpiper Publicity: The Albee Agency Returns (VS – 8/23/13)
Link
Magnus Publicity: Name-Changing Publicist Mike Albee Returns (VS – 2/7/14)
Link
Blurbings.com: Another Pointless Author "Service" (VS – 8/1/08)
(The Writers’ Mafia) Link
Bookbzz -- Buzzed Off? (VS – 3/31/15)
Link
BookStoreMarketing.net: Beware Spam PR Services (VS – 1/11/12)
Link
Solicitation Alert: Close-up TV News / Close-up Talk Radio (VS – 2/21/13)
Link
Global Talk Radio: How to Waste Money and Fail to Influence People (VS – 1/7/13)
(Vanity has a face made for radio) Link
Don't Fall for Vanity Radio (VS – 11/26/13)
(Global Talk radio) Link
Take the Money and Run: Kerry Jacobson, "Book Publicist" (VS – 4/18/14)
Link
Ways Not to Publicize Your Book: Spam Campaigns (VS – 3/18/08)
(Media E-blast) Link
Beware Who's Who Schemes (VS – 4/26/07)
(Cambridge, Emerald, et al.) Link
66 – NaNoWriMo -- Write in November, Get Scammed in December... (AC – 11/16/06)
(Feeding ground for predators) Link
Wanna Be a Virtual Author's Assistant?...Maybe Not (VS – 11/3/09)
Link
Pamela Wray and WordWorks Publishing Consultants: The Amazing Case of the Serial Plagiarizer (VS – 3/31/14)
Link
Writers' Conferences: When to be Wary (VS – 3/2/07)
(San Antonio Round Table, NF Publishing) Link
How Not to Solicit a Blog That Exposes Scams (VS – 8/31/10)
(Blogger pyramid scheme) Link
LendInk, Author Activism, and the Need for Critical Thinking (VS – 8/17/12)
Link
Outrageous French Copyright Grab: ReLIRE Goes Live (VS – 5/16/13)
Link
ISNI: An Authority for Authors? (MC – 2/10/14)
(International Standard Name Identifier) Link
Lost In Translation: In Which I Investigate A Translation Service, And They Are Not Amused (VS – 1/27/15) (Author Translation)
Link
For Freelancers
Content Site Cautions (VS – 3/20/07)
Link
Associated Content: Something to Beware (VS – 12/11/06)
Link
The Barefoot Writer's Club (VS – 9/24/13)
Link
Freelancehomewriters.com (VS – 11/28/08)
Link
Helium (VS – 3/7/07)
Link
LifeTips (or, Be Sure to Read the Fine Print) (VS – 3/14/07)
Link
Hearst Partners With Helium (VS – 3/3/09)
Link
MyFreeRead.com: Not Quite What It Appears (VS – 2/12/10)
(Ad-driven content site = bad deal for authors) Link
Alert: MyFreeRead.com Is Spamming Again (VS – 10/26/10)
Link
Privila: Privilege or Punishment? (VS – 1/26/07)
(Domain Holdings, Inc.) Link
Fake Writing Jobs: RealWritingJobs.com (VS – 11/29/10)
Link
Vezeo.com Wants You...for Free (VS – 1/14/08)
Link
Contests & Awards (Generally, then loosely alphabetized by name)
Evaluating Literary Contests (VS – 1/6/07)
Link
Guest Blog Post: The Red Flags of Writing Contests (VS – 8/13/12)
(By author C. Hope Clark) Link
Some Tips on Evaluating Literary Contests (VS – 12/21/10)
Link
When a Writing Contest Has a Hidden Agenda (VS – 3/9/12)
Link
Awards Profiteers: How Writers Can Recognize and Avoid Them (VS – 6/9/15)
(IPPYs, USA Best Book Awards, et al.) Link
American Author Contest (VS – 8/10/07)
(Airleaf, CineMagic Entertainment, Lite Stone Entertainment) Link
American Author Contest (or, Why Writers Should Use Craigslist With Caution) (VS – 6/8/10)
Link
Alert: America's Next Author Contest (VS – 10/26/12)
Link
The Blooker Prize (no, that's not a typo) (VS – 2/1/06)
(Lulu.com) Link
Kickbacks, Opportunism, and Fake Awards, Oh My: Three Solicitation Alerts (VS – 2/19/16)
(Bookfuel, Encircle Publications, Book Excellence Awards) Link
Booklife Prize in Fiction (VS – 6/9/16)
Link
The Life of Riley -- er -- Writer (VS – 4/7/06)
(Book Millionaire, Lori Prokop) Link
Author Reality Show Meets Actual Reality (VS – 9/18/07)
(Book Millionaire, Lori Prokop) Link
The New Fad in Publishing (VS – 10/4/07)
(Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award) Link
More on the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (VS – 10/23/07)
Link
Again, Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (VS – 11/14/08)
Link
Breakthrough Script Showcase: Another Iffy Contest (VS – 1/2/07)
(Studio Readers, Inc.) Link
More Contest Alerts: Brit Writers' Awards, Amazon Studios (VS – 12/10/10)
Link
The Brit Writers Awards: Questions and Threats (VS – 11/9/11)
Link
A Publishing Raffle? (VS – 2/23/07)
(Canadian Aid Charities, Bookland Presss) Link
Canadian Aid Literary Award Contest Redux (VS – 6/12/07)
(Bookland Press) Link
Character Building Counts and Wise Bear Digital: Two More High-Entry Fee Book Awards (VS – 10/24/12)
Link
Another Vanity Award: The 2010 Creative Spirit Awards (VS – 2/23/10)
Link
Delmont-Ross Writing Contest: The Saga of a Fake Literary Competition (VS – 1/25/12)
Link
The Con Man Who Tried To Buy Writer Beware's Silence (AC – 3/23/12)
(Mitchell Graham aka Mitchell Gross) Link
Eber & Wein: Another Vanity Anthology Scheme (VS – 3/17/09)
Link
Emerging Writer Awards (VS – 7/30/09)
(Triom Publishing) Link
Another Contest Alert: FieldReport True Life Stories (VS – 6/18/08)
Link
FieldReport True Life Stories: Update (VS – 7/25/08)
Link
FieldReport: Yet Another Update (VS – 11/18/08)
Link
Contest Alert: First One Publishing's Writing Contest (VS – 1/17/11)
Link
In the Wake of Sobol (VS – 1/11/07)
(Simon & Schuster / Gather.com First Chapters Writing Competition) Link
We Have a Winner (VS – 5/31/07)
(S&S / Gather.com First Chapters Writer Competition) Link
Again, First Chapters Competition: This Time With Love (VS – 7/23/07)
(Simon & Schuster, Gather.com) Link
2008 Indie Book Awards (VS – 2/29/08)
(FabJob.com) Link
The 2011 Indie Publishing Contest (VS – 12/7/10)
Link
Award Alert: The IndieReader Discovery Awards (VS – 8/12/11)
($150 entry fee for prizes of dubious worth) Link
Make Your Mark 2007 (or, Move Over, Sobol: There's A New Big-Money Contest in Town) (VS – 12/21/06)
Link
Awards Profiteering: The Book Festival Empire of JM Northern Media (VS – 11/15/13)
Link
Contest Alert: Mirage Books (VS – 10/31/08)
Link
Neoverse Writing Competition Makes Its Rules More Author-Friendly (VS – 12/9/15)
Link
Nurmal Resources PUBLISH ME! Contest (VS – 4/9/10)
($250 entry fee gets you … what?) Link
Contest Alert: TheNextBigAuthor.com (VS – 3/4/11)
(With YouWriteOn.com) Link
Poetry.com Returns (VS – 4/11/12)
Link
Yet More Contest Stuff (VS – 2/8/07)
(Premiere Fiction, Terracopiae Press) Link
Alert: Screenplay Replay Contest (VS – 11/1/12)
Link
Beware of Fake Awards (VS – 2/19/10)
(aka Small Business Commerce Association) Link
Fake Contest Alert (VS – 6/15/08)
(“SFWA” contest on Craigslist) Link
ShortStoryBook.net (Or, it's Not a Good Idea to Spam Writer Beware) (VS – 8/5/10)
Link
Rights Concerns: Simon451 Novel-Writing Contest for Students (VS – 3/6/14)
Link
The Sobol Award (VS – 9/14/06)
Link
The Sobol Award Again (VS – 12/7/06)
Link
Sobol Contest Closes (VS – 1/8/07)
Link
Fine Print (VS – 1/25/06)
(SFX Magazine) Link
Who's Wergle Flomp? (VS – 8/15/7)
(Fun at scammers’ expense) Link
WriteIndia Writing Contest: When a Contest Sponsor Changes the Rules (VS – 7/19/16)
Link
Contest Alert: WriteOnCon (VS – 8/5/11)
(Copyright concerns re: sponsor TheReadingRoom.com) Link
Zimbo Books Fiction Competition (VS – 11/7/08)
Link
When is a Display Site Not a Display Site? (VS – 2/2/07)
(Zirdland) Link