New scam alert from writer beware
The following is the opening to Victoria Strauss’s newest alert about international scams targeting writers who aspire to become indie authors. Writer Beware is a necessary go-to source for all writers who want to arm themselves with information about the industry.
Remember, your writing dreams are important, but they’re not worth your life savings or your identity.
Love v. Wiley Book writers: A Publishing Scam Gets a Rare Comeuppance
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Raymond Love just wanted to publish his children’s book with a trustworthy self-publishing company. Instead, he found a scam that took his money and delivered nothing of value.
For most authors in this situation, lost cash and lost dreams are unrecoverable, but Raymond Love’s story has a different ending. He sued–and won.
The legal documents in his case provide fascinating insight not just into the techniques scammers use to bleed their victims of resources–manipulating them with constant and egregious lies into believing that services are being delivered and promises fulfilled–but also the complex web of shell companies and shady operators that keep the scam humming.
Read the whole article here (free to all)
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