Blog Profile / Writer Beware!
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| Filed Under: | Arts / Writing | |
| Posts on Regator: | 436 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.6 | |
| Archived Since: | April 2, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Guest Blog Post Writers Be-Wary: Electronic Distribution and Control of Creative Material
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Today: another guest blog post of relevance to freelance writers. This one covers content aggregators, and the pitfalls that may be lurking in their Terms of Use. ___________________ Writers Be-Wary: Electronic Distribution and Control of Creative Material Sheila J. Show More Summary
Guest Blog Post: 7 Freelance Writing Scams and How to Fight Them
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
It's freelance week at Writer Beware! In this week's blog posts, two guest bloggers will be discussing issues of interest and importance to freelance writers.
In today's post, freelancer and...Show More Summary
Author Solutions' Misleading PR Strategies
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware In my recent blog post on Pearson's acquisition of self-publishing giant Author Solutions Inc., I posed several questions that I hope Pearson will consider as it integrates ASI with Penguin Group. Show More Summary
Vanity, Vanity: Turning The Label Around
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
In the war of words that rages between advocates of self-publishing and proponents of traditional publishing, one of the long-standing weapons is the term "vanity publishing." It's often leveled,...Show More Summary
LendInk, Author Activism, and the Need for Critical Thinking
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware The Dark Side of Author Activism If you've been living under a social media rock and haven't heard of the LendInk incident, here's a brief rundown. LendInk was a website that facilitated Kindle ebook lending, matching would-be ebook borrowers with ebook owners. Show More Summary
Guest Blog Post: The Red Flags of Writing Contests
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Among the most frequent questions Writer Beware receives are those involving writing contests. Is it legit? Is it prestigious? Is it worth it? How can I tell? Today's guest blog post from author and editor C. Show More Summary
Ebooks Outsell Print! Putting Headlines in Context
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Widely-discussed book news this week: Amazon UK's report that ebook sales have outstripped the sales of all print formats combined. According to unaudited figures released by [Amazon UK] on...Show More Summary
Literary Agent Scams: Still Around, But On the Wane
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware As many of you know, Writer Beware maintains a Thumbs Down Agency List, which represents the agencies about which Writer Beware has received the largest number of complaints over the years,...Show More Summary
Guest Blog Post: In Praise of Ripening
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware When I began doing research for the Writer Beware website in 1998, Marcia Yudkin's invaluable article on recognizing writing scams was among the first resources that I discovered. In thisShow More Summary
Pearson Buys Author Solutions
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Last March, word went out that self-publishing giant Author Solutions Inc (owner of AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Xlibris, Trafford, WordClay, Palibrio, and several others, and contractor for the...Show More Summary
Call for Guest Bloggers
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Would you like to be a guest blogger for Writer Beware?
To vary our subject matter and present differing points of view, we publish occasional guest blog posts on subjects relating to publishing, self-publishing, books, writing, the writing life, and, of course, literary schemes and scams. Show More Summary
Rights vs. Copyright
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware You may have noticed that there were no posts last week. Apologies! I've got a humongous workload, and have had to cut myself off from the web almost entirely in order to deal with it. I thought I'd be finished by now...but guess what. Show More Summary
More Money-Wasting "Opportunities" For Writers
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Following on my last post about how authors can waste money on promotional strategies, here are some more cash-sucking "opportunities."
Book Your Trip to Hollywood, from Outskirts Press
Self-publishing...Show More Summary
Author Solutions Introduces BookStubs
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Author Solutions has just introduced a new marketing service called BookStubs, which it describes thusly:
Loyalty card-sized BookStubs display your cover on the front side and ordering instructions on the back side. Show More Summary
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against PublishAmerica
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
I can't count the number of questions I've received over the years from unhappy PublishAmerica authors, wondering whether a class action lawsuit against PA has been/might be/ever will be filed. Show More Summary
BEA Report
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
BEA 2012 was fantastic! I got home Wednesday evening--I'd debated spending an extra day, but now I'm glad I didn't because I woke up Thursday with a migraine and spent much of the day with...Show More Summary
Judge Grants Class Status to Authors in Authors Guild v. Google Lawsuit
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware An important legal ruling was handed down yesterday by Judge Denny Chin in the five-year-old Authors Guild v. Google class action lawsuit over Google's scanning of millions of in-copyright...Show More Summary
Publishers Weekly Moves Into Self-Publishing
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware A couple of years ago, I blogged about the launch of PW Select, an online supplement to the regular PW magazine. PW Select, which is published quarterly, allows self-published writers to buy...Show More Summary
Two Surveys
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Two fascinating surveys appeared this week. They look at opposite ends of the writing business, but dovetail in interesting ways. (This is going to be a long post, so please bear with me.)
The...Show More Summary
Another Honor for Writer Beware
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Once again, the Writer Beware blog has been chosen as one of Writer's Digest's 101 Best Websites for Writers (the list appears in the June 2012 issue of the magazine, and can be downloaded...Show More Summary