Tag: Solicitation

Anatomy of a Fake Literary Agency Scam: Acquisitions NY / Bennett Media & Marketing

Alert: Scammers Impersonating Video Streaming Services With Fake Job Offers

Spam Alert: 4 Seasons Book Awards

Scam Alert: Scammers Impersonating the Strand Bookstore

Peak Fake: United Writers Organization and the Perpetual Eagle Awards

The “Mexican Film Director” Scam

Solicitation Alert: The BookWalker

Scam Alert: Scammers Impersonating Acorn TV

Very Weird Solicitation Alert: Monica Susan Main

Scam Alert: TransMedia Agency / New Leaf Media LLC Impersonating Major Film Producers

Scam Alert: Silver Ink Literary Agency / Editors Press and Media / Global Review Press / Best Writers Publishing House

Alert: Scammer Page Turner Press and Media is Impersonating Major Motion Picture Studios

Two Scams to Watch Out For: Writers’ Conference Phishing Scheme, Goodreads Extortion Scam

Scam Alert: Chapters Media & Advertising / Paper Bytes Marketing Solutions / Blueprint Press Internationale / Quantum Discovery / Aspire Publishing Hub / 20/Twenty Literary Group

Attack of the Fake Literary Agencies: West Literary Agency, Stellar Literary Press and Media

Pay-to-Play Alert: Europe Books / Europa Edizioni / Vertigo Publishing House / Gruppo Albatros Il Filo

Alert: Scammers Impersonating Major Publishing Houses

A New “Beware”: Scammers Impersonating Reputable Literary Agents

The Impersonation Game Redux

The Impersonation Game: Fake Agents

Junk Book Marketing: Pay-to-Play Magazines

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

Army of Clones, Part 2: Twenty-One (More) Publishing and Marketing “Services” to Beware Of

Two Solicitation Bewares: Aimee Ann / Red Headed Book Lover Blog; Book Writing Inc.

Army of Clones: Author Solutions Spawns a Legion of Copycats

Solicitation Alert: Book-Art Press Solutions / Window Press Club / Booktimes

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

Solicitation (and Plagiarism) Alert: Legaia Books / Paperclips Magazine

Kickbacks, Opportunism, and Fake Awards, Oh My: Three Solicitation Alerts

Solicitation Alert: LitFire Publishing

Awards Profiteering: The Book Festival Empire of JM Northern Media

Solicitation Alert: Bloggingbooks

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

Solicitation Alert: Blessed Hope Publishing

Alert: UK Speaker Scam Targets Writers (and Others)

Solicitation Alerts: JustFiction! Edition and DIP Publishing House

Best Solution Author Agency (or, Beware of Agent Solicitations)

How Not to Solicit a Blog That Exposes Scams

Omniscriptum (formerly VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller)

Solicitation Alert: The Robins Agency