If you have to pay for a service, pay for professional services offered by reputable providers.Īfter you write a book, there are no easy ways to become a published author and be successful in book publishing.

No one person can supply all these services in the publishing process.īeware of failed writers trying to make a buck on the side by offering services that they are not qualified to provide.ĭO NOT pay for amateurs in the publishing world. Your red flags should be flying because it’s 99.9999% sure to be a publishing scam. If you are asked to submit your manuscript by someone you don’t know, especially by unsolicited email, DO NOT reply.

None of them would be asking you to make their pile even higher. Reputable publishers and literary agents all have huge slush piles. Unsolicited invitations to submit your manuscript Here are some warning signals for new authors. It is easy to fall prey to these dubious publishing experts and land into their expensive traps. Or on the fact that an author may not know how to self-publish and has given up on traditional publishing but still yearns to be published. In general terms, these scammers prey on either an author’s dream of becoming published. It reminds me that the publishing seas are still infested with these untrustworthy sharks. Helpful links for new authors Beware of the scam agents and sharks in self-publishingĪlmost every week, I receive an unsolicited email from a long-time publishing scammer.

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