daeonica Editor of the Board
Number of posts : 369 Age : 33 Location : Scotland Job/hobbies : on my gap year! Registration date : 2009-02-07
| Subject: Scams: how to avoid being bitten Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:18 am | |
| I think this is probably a really important topic for a lot of us here. The road to being published can be a long, hard one, and there are a lot of companies out there who prey on the unwary hopeful writers. I've got two links today to start us off, but I thought this deserved a separate topic because it's such a huge issue, and there are bound to be other articles that we can link to when they come up. Here's two to start off: Writing scams and how to avoid them and a blog post from a bestselling author who got had by scams when she was starting out: Jeaniene Frost | |
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angela_785 Fleshing out those Characters
Number of posts : 54 Location : Canada Humor : Zombie Registration date : 2009-02-08
| Subject: Re: Scams: how to avoid being bitten Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:40 pm | |
| This post reminds me of an 'about the Author' I just read in a YA book. They actually listed that they were previously published through Publish America. Can you believe it? Somewhere out there, a publisher, an editor and writer all thought PA was a good thing to put in your author bio... | |
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emilycross The Boss of the Board
Number of posts : 1170 Age : 37 Registration date : 2009-02-05
| Subject: Re: Scams: how to avoid being bitten Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:53 am | |
| OMG, are you serious? i think that is so funny. | |
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*Moonlight_Mania* Still typing first draft
Number of posts : 203 Age : 30 Location : Skyway Avenue Job/hobbies : Occupation: Student. Hobbies: Writing (duh), playing around with Photoshop, and singing. Humor : Laughing at my spastic self Registration date : 2009-04-15
| Subject: Re: Scams: how to avoid being bitten Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:56 am | |
| ._. *not as informed* What's Publish America? Another publisher? | |
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emilycross The Boss of the Board
Number of posts : 1170 Age : 37 Registration date : 2009-02-05
| Subject: Re: Scams: how to avoid being bitten Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:11 am | |
| Publish america is a vanity press and has a pretty infamous reputation | |
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