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Tangled Web They Weave Time with Publishing Scammers

Tangled Web They Weave Time with Publishing Scammers

by bookshepherd_admin | Jan 12, 2016 | Book Success, Publishing Predators

Oh … the surprises that get buried within the Holiday merriment. Here’s what happened in Predatorland on December 31, 2015:“Penguin Random House has sold its Author Solutions division to an affiliate of the Najafi Companies, a private investment firm that at one point...

Five Red Flags for a “Self” or “Indie” Publisher and Author

by bookshepherd_admin | Dec 8, 2014 | Author Success, Publishing Predators, The Book Shepherd

How to Avoid the Love, Prey, Eat Author Syndrome Let’s face it … there are publishing predators in the author’s mist. They come in all types of shapes and forms. Some are ruthless in their pursuit of you, your book, and gulp, your credit card. Others...
The Shell Game of Self-Publishing

The Shell Game of Self-Publishing

by bookshepherd_admin | Dec 1, 2014 | Author Success, Book Success

Publishing for many authors has turned into a shell game. Finding the truth, what works, what doesn’t, has become difficult for the new author. Seduced by the possibility of making money, the pay-to-publish crowd is raking in huge moneys, as it moves the shell...
Ripoffs, Scams and Authors … Oh My!

Ripoffs, Scams and Authors … Oh My!

by bookshepherd_admin | Aug 29, 2014 | Book Industry News, Publishing Predators

Have you ever been around someone; read something; or seen something … and you want to get in a shower or a hot bath and soak the slime off? That’s exactly how I feel when I read about the gobbling up that involves the granddaddy of all Vanity Presses—Author Solutions...

Publishing Predator Author Solutions in Class Action Lawsuit

by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 10, 2013 | Author Success, Publishing Predators, The Book Shepherd

The favorite sound of every publishing predator is: Cha-king … Cha-king … Cha-king Author Solutions tentacles are massive. AuthorHouse is its flagship brand. Then there is Xlibris and iUniverse and Trafford Publishing and Booktango and Palibrio and those expanding...

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