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Writer's Beware...

1/13/2018

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  The world of publishing is a world filled those (I won't call them people.) who only want to take advantage of writers. From editors, publishers, and marketing "experts" there is a scam for ever aspect of publishing. And not only new writers get taken in, not so novice ones do too.

The best place I know to find info on publishing scams is WriterBeware.  There is also a blog to go with them. And a Facebook page.

Spend time there before spending any money on the publishing process. Losing hard-earned money to a slimeball isn't fun.

You can also Google, it's a wonderful way to get info.

I know the drive to get published. It often makes us blind to the scams and not so nice things out there.  Take a deep breath, step back, and study things a bit. Don't get scammed.

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7 Comments
Martha link
1/13/2018 05:45:53 pm

Thanks for the helpful information!

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Edel
1/13/2018 07:04:50 pm

Thank you for the info!

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Lillian link
1/13/2018 09:42:14 pm

Thank you for the warning and the resource.

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Patty Wiseman link
1/14/2018 10:03:59 am

Good information!

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Pearl R. Meaker link
1/14/2018 04:46:54 pm

Amen to all that, Jean! I had it happen to me more than once, sad to admit.

This is a very needed blog post. :-)

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Roy A Ackerman, PhD, EA link
1/14/2018 09:35:42 pm

My problem is that too many of the publishers of technical material (which is what I tend to produce) expect the book prices to be outrageous- and, therefore, discourage folks from acquiring the tome(s).

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Pearl R Meaker link
1/14/2018 11:23:07 pm

Hi Roy,
They do that with fiction books as well, especially I see a lot of publishers pricing ebooks much too high.

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