by bookshepherd_admin | Mar 28, 2017 | Publishing Predators
Several years ago, I wrote and published Sabotage: How to Deal with the Pit Bulls, Skunks, Snakes, Scorpions & Slugs in the Health Care Workplace. It was all about the bad boys and girls who created what I referred to as the toxic workplace of bad behaviors—the...
by bookshepherd_admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Author Success, Publishing Predators
Starting down the publishing path takes money—don’t let anyone … anyone … tell you that it doesn’t. Sure, there are ways to create a book and publish it for minimal dollars. And, it usually looks like it. And there are multiple ways you can create a Cadillac...
by bookshepherd_admin | Aug 23, 2016 | Book Industry News, Publishing Predators
Oh, what a tangled web they weave … publishing predators are breeding with the surge of authors now by-passing traditional publishing. Over half of books published today are by the self and indie publishers. Traditional publishers are taking notice and are now...
by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 19, 2016 | Book Marketing, Publishing Predators
Be careful of what is known as a “pitch fest.” Pitched to newbie authors as education, they are really designed to lure them in (and their credit cards) to buy, buy, buy and buy some more. What are they buying? Products, services, trainings—you name it. Pitch fests...
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...