Kindle Scout: The Pros and Cons of Amazon's New Crowdsourced Publishing Program

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Yesterday, Amazon's brand-new crowdsourced publishing program, Kindle Scout , opened for v...

How Not to Change Your Business Model: The Latest on Permuted Press

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware This is a very long post. If you're already familiar with the issues involved, scroll down...

How Not to Register Copyright

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware A few years ago, I wrote a post on the difference between copyright (literally, the right to ...

How to Request Rights Reversion From Your Publisher

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Partly in connection with the controversy surrounding troubled publisher Ellora's Cave , I...

A Hand in Your Pocket: Monetizing the Business of Writing

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware There is a natural law in writing and publishing (as elsewhere): where need and desire are gre...

COLOR SONG Release Day!

We don't often do self-promotion here at Writer Beware--but I have a new book out! Today is publication day for my young adult historica...

Alert: Trouble at Ellora's Cave

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware One of the original digital pioneers, erotic romance publisher Ellora's Cave has reported...