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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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Marketing Scams

Junk Book Marketing: Book Fair “Representation”

A Pay to Play Bookstore Scheme: The Reading Glass Books

Should You Pay To Display Your Book At BookExpo? (Short Answer: No)

Junk Book Marketing: Pay-to-Play Magazines

Vanity Radio: Why You Should Think Twice Before Paying For an Interview

Universal Book Solutions: Anatomy of a Book-to-Screen Scam

Book Promotions International, or, How Not to Get Your Book Into a Library

Amazon Takes On Fake Review Services

A Marketing Pitch from Author Solutions

Take the Money and Run: Kerry Jacobson, “Book Publicist”

Magnus Publicity: Name-Changing Publicist Mike Albee Returns

Don’t Fall For Vanity Radio

Sandpiper Publicity: the Albee Agency Returns

Book Fair Bewares

Alert: MyFreeRead.com Is Spamming Again

MyFreeRead.com: Not Quite What It Appears

Another Interesting Promotion From AuthorHouse

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