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The official blog of Writer Beware® shines a bright light into the dark corners of the shadow-world of literary scams, schemes, and pitfalls. Also providing advice for writers, industry news, and commentary. Writer Beware® is sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.

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Contracts

Authors and Authors’ Estates Sue The Topps Company for Unpaid Royalties

Reversion Redux

Why These Contract Clauses Are Scary

Contract Controversy (and Change) at Must Read Magazines

Moral Rights: What Writers Need to Know

Why the Bankruptcy Clause in Your Publishing Contract May Not Protect You

Best of Writer Beware: 2024 in Review

When Royalty Language in Publishing Contracts Isn’t What it Seems

Evaluating Publishing Contracts: Six Ways You May Be Sabotaging Yourself

Contract Critique: Dashtoon

Outrage Over New Terms of Use at Findaway Voices Forces Change

Bad Contract Alert: NovelSnack/AnyStories/Readink

Termination Fees in Publishing Contracts: Not Just Bad for Authors

Editing Clauses in Publishing Contracts: What to Watch For

Rights vs. Copyright: Untangling the Confusion

When Your Publishing Contract Flies a Red Flag: Clauses to Watch Out For

Findaway Voices, Machine Learning, and the New Rights Frontier

Bad Contract Alert: Webnovel

How to (Maybe) Get Out of Your Contract When Your Scam Re-Publisher Ghosts You

Publishing Contracts 101: Beware Internal Contradictions

Bad Contract Alert: Stary (aka Dreame)

A Contract Clause to Beware: Claiming Copyright on “Publisher’s Content”

Bad Contract Alert: Popink

Bad Contract Alert: GoodNovel

Bad Contract Alert: NovelCat

A Critical Look at Scribd’s Audiobook Reprint Contracts

Bad Contract Alert: ByteDance’s Fizzo (Fictum) Serialized Fiction App

Bad Contract Alert: EMP Entertainment and A&D Entertainment

Evaluating Publishing Contracts: Six Ways You May Be Sabotaging Yourself

Contract Red Flag Alert: Perpetual License for Derivative Rights

Termination Fees in Publishing Contracts: Why They’re Not Just Bad for Authors

The Authors Guild’s Fair Contract Initiative

Signing Away Your Rights: Arbitration Clauses in Book Contracts

Rights Grab: Omni Reboot (Updated)

SFWA Opens to Self-Published Authors; Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Makes Contract Changes

Two Red-Flag Sentences in Publishing Contracts

Transferring Copyright: Rights Grab At The Toast Magazine

Don’t Do This: Wrong Ways to Try and Escape Your Deadbeat Publisher

How to Request Rights Reversion From Your Publisher

Self-Publishing and Author-Agent Agreements: The Need for Change

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