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1 lis 2024 · If someone claiming to be a popular author offers to read or review your book for a fee, it’s almost certainly a scam. We also recommend that authors with large followings search for and report fake social media accounts.
21 sie 2019 · If you need someone to help you market your book, make sure they offer services that directly impact your ability to reach your target reader (digital advertising and mailing list growth). Avoid companies that offer grand (yet vague) promises of instant stardom.
15 gru 2023 · Research some of the books/authors/testimonials that appear on the website to see if you can confirm who agents them. A websearch may turn up the author’s name on an agency client list. Sales announcements and book reviews may mention the author’s agent, and the author may reveal who represents them on their website.
5 wrz 2021 · They’ll approach a writer, demand a large sum of money for a fake review, and if the author doesn’t pay, they’ll bomb the author’s books with dozens of one-star reviews. There was a big expose of the Goodreads review-troll mafia in Time magazine last month.
27 maj 2019 · ALLi author member Stephen Bentley shows us how to spot and avoid author scams. Book pirates and author scams in their various guises are the bane of us indie authors. Advance Review Copies (ARCs) are an accepted method of gaining traction for reviews of a new release. However, ARCs attract scammers like blood in the water attracts sharks.
13 sie 2020 · Scammers–the same Philippines-based Author Solutions copycats that I’ve featured numerous times in this blog (also see the long, long list in the sidebar)–are impersonating reputable literary agents and agencies in order to bamboozle writers into buying worthless “services.”
25 maj 2024 · Beware of expensive vanity publishers and scam agents who prey on new authors. Publishing a book today is easy with free online self-publishing services. Some are not entirely free, but most are very cheap.
