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...

New Authors as Shark Bait: Steve Alten's A&M Publishing

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware UPDATE: Shortly after publication of my and Chuck Wendig's posts about A&M Publishing...

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

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Bookfuel You may or may not have heard of Bookfuel , a self-publishing services provider with...

Solicitation Alert: RPI Publications, a.k.a. Raider Publishing International

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Raider Publishing International , the focus of numerous author complaints over the past few...

Termination Fees in Publishing Contracts: Why They're Not Just Bad for Authors

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware In the course of my work with Writer Beware, I see a lot of publishing contracts (for the mos...