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New Writer Beware blog post: We may have reached Peak Scam: the point at which writing scams are so prevalent they can be leveraged to create a protection racket to exploit victims of the scams. Meet Book Guard: "Author Protection" that's anything but writerbeware.blog/2024/11/22/boo…

"New hijacking scam targets Elsevier, Springer Nature, and other major publishers" This is an important article by Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social writing in Retraction Watch. We encourage you to read it. buff.ly/3Z53HrN

New #WriterBeware blog post: Amid the frenzy of Black Friday, it pays to save your money--for example, by avoiding 2 brand-new fake organizations trying to separate writers from their cash: Independent Literary Recognition Guild and Acquisition Database writerbeware.blog/2024/11/29/fai…

.Folio Literary please check this new scam literary agency: it has appropriated the names and photos of multiple Folio agents, along with other Folio content fourjliterarymanagement.com/team/

Royalty language in publishing contracts may seem straightforward, but recent complaints to Writer Beware suggest that you may need to demand more clarity. A look at why there's a concern, and what questions to ask writerbeware.blog/2024/12/06/whe…

.Irene Goodman Agency FYI, a scammer has created a fake Irene Goodman Literary Agency website (irenegoodman .org) & is impersonating a former IGLA agent with fake publishing contract offers requiring large upfront fees #WriterBeware

New #WriterBeware blog post: A Quick Pre-Holiday Warning for Authors: Guard Your Credit (if you've had a close encounter with a scam publisher or literary agent, your credit may be at risk) #WritingCommmunity writerbeware.blog/2024/12/21/a-q…

New #WriterBeware blog post: Scams pay--but sometimes there's payback. The CEO and VP of PageTurner Press and Media, one of the most pernicious frauds Writer Beware has been tracking over the past few years, have been arrested in California writerbeware.blog/2025/01/03/kar…

New blog post: My annual look back at the scams, publisher implosions, contract issues, bogus organizations, and oddities that Writer Beware covered in the year just past #WriterBeware #WritingCommunity writerbeware.blog/2025/01/10/bes…

New #WriterBeware blog post: A look at USA Pen Press, a ghostwriting scam with an extraordinary number of linked websites #WritingCommunity writerbeware.blog/2025/01/24/us-…

New #WriterBeware blog post: A look at the UK's proposed copyright exception to allow AI companies to train on creators' work without permission, with creators' only remedy being to opt out #WritingCommunity writerbeware.blog/2025/01/31/tur…

New #WriterBeware blog post: Why cheap promotional services are no bargain (plus one unusually prolific example) #WritingCommunity writerbeware.blog/2025/02/21/why…

Heads up, UK creators.

New blog post from #WriterBeware : Author Complaints at Clear Fork Press writerbeware.blog/2025/03/21/aut…

New #WriterBeware blog post: a look at a new scam technique: the "pre-paid" literary agent commission #WritingCommunity writerbeware.blog/2025/03/28/a-n…

New #WriterBeware blog post: Generative AI and Copyrightability: Report From the US Copyright Office #WritingCommunity writerbeware.blog/2025/04/04/gen…

Breaking my Twitter silence (and braving suppressive algorithms) to put out this warning: @jennie_goloboy is a fake account impersonating real Donald Maass Lit Agency agent Jennie Goloboy. The impersonator is charging fees to writers #WriterBeware #WritingCommunity

New #WriterBeware blog post: Guest Post: My Twenty-Four Hour Dream. A writer's account of their close encounter with an impersonation scammer #WritingCommunity writerbeware.blog/2025/04/25/gue…

New #WriterBeware blog post: in the ever-evolving world of writing scams, there's always something new. Two I'm noticing more these days: book order scams and fake book reviews. What they look like, how they'll rip you off: as always, I bring the receipts writerbeware.blog/2025/05/09/two…

New #WriterBeware blog post: Bankruptcies of Unbound and Albert Whitman & Co Put Authors Between a Rock and a Hard Place #WritingCommunity writerbeware.blog/2025/06/06/ban…