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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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Vanity Publishing and Pay to Play

Expanded Alert at Writer Beware: American Book Publishing / Alexis Press / All Classic Books / Atlantic National Books

Police Investigate Pay-to-Play Publisher 2 Moon Press

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Author Solutions Inc.

Another Class Action Suit Launched Against PublishAmerica

Law Firm Investigates Author Solutions Inc.

Solicitation Alert: Close-up TV News / Close-up Talk Radio

A Partridge in a Penguin Tree

Christian Writers Guild Publishing: Pay to Play from Jerry B. Jenkins

Venerable Vanity Publisher Vantage Press Closes Its Doors

Archway Publishing: Simon & Schuster Adds a Self-Publishing Division

Class Action Lawsuit Against PublishAmerica Dismissed

Fake Jared And His Friends: Author Solutions’ Misleading PR Strategies

Pearson Buys Author Solutions

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against PublishAmerica

Poetry.com Returns

PublishAmerica, Literary Agent: An Inside Look

Alert: Raider Publishing International / Purehaven Press

When a Writing Contest Has a Hidden Agenda

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: How Relying on Numbers Can Get You Into Trouble

Farrah Gray Publishing

Police Investigate Historical Pages Publishing Company

PublishAmerica Will Be Your Literary Agent…For $199

Pay to Play Anthologies

Lies (Dishonest) Fee-Charging Publishers Tell

Guest Blog Post: Beware of Pay-To-Play TV Talk Shows

The Mail I Get

Democratization or Disinformation?

Swinging the Other Way: Vanity Publisher Goes Non-Vanity

Author Solutions Inc. Expands (Again)

Hay House Establishes Publishing Service Division

Another Vanity Award: The 2010 Creative Spirit Awards

Beware of Fake Awards

Inspired Living Publishing: Another Vanity Anthology Scheme

Author Solutions CEO Wants to Talk to Writers’ “Guilds”

Blurred Distinctions: Vanity Publishing vs. Self-Publishing

And Speaking of Vanity Publishing…

From Novelists Inc. Issues Position Statement on Vanity Publishing

SFWA on Harlequin Horizons

Two Deep Questions

Buying Your Own Book: A Question You Don’t Want Your Publisher to Ask

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