WriteIndia Writing Contest: When a Contest Sponsor Changes The Rules

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware NOTE: This post has been updated. I harp a lot here on how important it is to read the fine p...

How Publishers Abuse Termination Fees: Sky Warrior Books

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I've written before about termination fees in publishing contracts: why they are bad not ...

"Cutting Lists Isn't New": Q&A With Month9Books Founder Georgia McBride

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Last week, as I was researching my blog post on the troubles at YA publisher Month9Books (wh...

Month9Books Scales Back Its List Amid Allegations of Nonpayment

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware On May 20, Publishers Lunch broke the news that Month9Books , a well-regarded and apparently...

Tate Publishing & Enterprises Slapped with $1.7 Million Lawsuit

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Readers of this blog may be familiar with Tate Publishing & Enterprises --an Oklahoma-bas...

BookLife Prize in Fiction

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I've been getting some questions about the BookLife Prize in Fiction , a new award for un...

Back From Hiatus: Why I Went Away

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I don't often post about personal stuff here. But I wanted to let you all know why I vani...

Writer Beware Blog on Hiatus (Again)

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Due to a family medical emergency, the Writer Beware blog will be on hiatus for at least the ...

Spam, Spam, Spam Spam: Inkitt and the Grand Novel Contest

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware If you're a writer and have even a smidgeon of online presence, you've probably been ...

Small Press Storm Warnings: Pegasus Books, Realmwalker Publishing Group, Spectral Press, Tickety Boo Press

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware A roundup of publishers about which I've recently received serious complaints (all of the...

PublishAmerica / America Star Books Lawsuit Against Writer Beware Settled

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I'm finally getting to post about something I've been keeping under my hat for quite ...

How Do Freelance Editors Get Paid?

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware A couple of weeks ago, I received this question: I'm desperate for some good information ...

Publishers Weekly Features Vanity Publisher Morgan James...Again

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Once again, Publishers Weekly's annual overview of fast-growing independent publishers f...