Happy Holidays!

Writer Beware is taking time off for the holidays. Unless there's some especially major publishing news, look for us to be back after J...

News of the Weird: Quill Shift Literary Agency

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware So...if you're a regular reader of this blog, you know I love the crazy stuff, the little ...

Crowdfunded Anthologies: Concerns For Writers

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Anthologies, once a staple of genre publishing, have become a rarity at major publishing house...

Introduction: New Writer Beware Committee Member Michael Capobianco

My name is Michael Capobianco . Some of you may know who I am. I was President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for thee t...

All Classic Books: The Scam Continues

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware If you've read my two previous posts about All Classic Books, you already know this stor...

Don't Fall For Vanity Radio

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Writers, don't fall for this offer from Global Talk Radio that's currently doing the ...

Horror Writers Association Adds Its Support to Writer Beware

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware If you're a regular visitor here, you may have noticed a change in our masthead. I'm d...

Masterpiece: A Reality Show For Authors (Plus a Short, Sad, History of Similar Shows That Failed)

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Literary feuds are entertaining: famous and not-so-famous authors holding grudges, slinging in...

Awards Profiteering: The Book Festival Empire of JM Northern Media

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware If you're a writer, I'll bet you've been spammed by JM Northern Media . Don't ...

Solicitation Alert: Bloggingbooks

  Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Have you recently been solicited by a company called Bloggingbooks that wants to publish yo...

2 Moon Press--Update

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Last summer, I wrote about a police investigation of Michigan-based pay-to-play publisher 2 Mo...

Going Out of Business, Nigerian Spam-Scam Style

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Back in August, I blogged about the latest effort by Cheryl Lee Nunn, owner of vanity publish...

Thoughts on the Great Erotica Panic of 2013

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware    If you're a self-published erotica author, you're probably aware of the crazy event...

Early Termination Fees in Publishing Contracts: A Cautionary Tale

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware   A few years ago, I blogged about early termination fees, a.k.a. kill fees, in publishing con...

Writers' & Artists New Self-Publishing Comparison Service Leaves Much to be Desired

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware   Writers & Artists --the Bloomsbury Publishing-owned writers' handbook that's the...

New Publisher House and the State of Independence 2014 Report: Grain of Salt Required

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware So a week ago, I stumbled on this news item in a generally reliable venue: The [growth of ] ...

Swoon Reads: New "Crowdsourced" Teen Romance Imprint

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware As reported by a number of sources, including USA Today , Macmillan is launching Swoon Reads ,...