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Happy Holidays From Writer Beware
Because even watchdogs have to rest sometimes, the Writer Beware blog will be taking a break over the holiday season. Unless there's a really juicy publishing story, we'll be on hiatus until the new year. (We'll still be answering email, so if you w...
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Publisher Alert: Arvo Basim Yayin of Turkey
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware A couple of weeks ago, I began hearing from self-published and small press authors who'd been approached over the summer by a Turkish publisher called Arvo Basim Yayin. All reported having been contacted ...
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D Publishing: Dymocks’ New Self-Pub Service
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Last week, Dymocks, an Australian bookselling chain, announced the launch of D Publishing, a electronic and POD self-publishing service. Like Amazon and Barnes and Noble, Dymocks is a major book vendor....
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Pearson Education Extends Scope of Permissions Licenses
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Writer Beware has learned that Pearson Education, a major education services company (and the parent company of trade publisher Penguin), is currently requesting vastly extended licenses for copyrighted t...
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The Fine Print of Amazon’s New KDP Select Program
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Almost since Amazon's controversial Kindle Owners' Lending Library--which allows Amazon Prime members to borrow selected ebooks for free--debuted, there have been rumors that Amazon was inviting KDP self-...
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Guest Blog Post: A Blast From the Past–Thieving "Literary Agent" Uwe Luserke Re-Surfaces
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Every time I look at Writer Beware's bulging file drawers, and wonder whether I should get rid of files for agents and publishers that have gone silent (or at least consign them to the basement), I'm rem...
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: How Relying on Numbers Can Get You Into Trouble
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Today I saw the following statement used as justification for choosing a fee-based publisher that charges its authors nearly $4,000, and actively presents itself as a real publisher, rather than a ...
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MLM for Writers: The Best Authors Lounge
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Writers: Forget about that boring day job. Forget about tedious book promotion. Heck, forget about writing books! There's another way to make money--and it was created with authors in mind. I received a ...
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Book Country And Self-Publishing: Why the Hate?
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Last week, Penguin subsidiary Book Country--a digital slush pile/peer critique community with a focus on genre fiction--announced that it was adding self-publishing services. This prompted an explosion o...
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Alert: Light Sword Publishing, a.k.a. LSP Digital, Returns
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware In July of 2008, I blogged about Light Sword Publishing, a.k.a. LSP Digital, about which Writer Beware had received a substantial number of complaints (delays, nonpayment of royalties, unprofessional behavi...