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15 paź 2024 · Recent examples include scams impersonating The New York Times, Barnes & Noble, Yucca Publishing (a Skyhorse imprint), and Chronicle Books, with new ones appearing constantly. These scams typically begin with unsolicited contacts offering lucrative deals or services.
11 sty 2017 · Spend a few minutes searching on the following websites for the publisher or journal in question: Beall’s List (scholarlyoa.com), which contains blacklisted publishers and journals, as well as so-called hijacked journals; and PubPeer, a popular, anonymous database that allows you to search for misconduct among individual researchers.
26 paź 2021 · To thwart publishing rackets that undermine scholars and scholarly publishing, legitimate journals should show their workings.
16 maj 2021 · But there are new, COVID-era publishing scams soliciting writers for virtual conferences. Conferences that don’t exist. What the scammers really want is your personal information, including your bank information (so they can “pay” you for your participation.)
19 wrz 2021 · Readers and victims need to report the scammers through the drop-down menu in the little three dot thingy in the menu bar. Choose the option “somebody is pretending to be me” or “somebody is pretending to be my friend.”. Then report them. This will get the scam page taken down.
28 sie 2020 · UPDATE 2/27/21: Writers are getting solicitations from Jade Freeman of Stephenson and Queen, which claims to be “under” Thomas Nelson (of course, there’s no such imprint). Offered is re-publication and “endorsement to traditional publishers”, at a cost of around $6,000.
20 lut 2022 · The best way to stay safe when entering the publishing industry is to learn how this creaky old business works. The best place to start is at the blog of Jane Friedman. If you want to be traditionally published, don’t self-publish hoping to be “discovered”.
