Posted on October 24, 2022 at 2:43 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Victoria Strauss has gotten just one complaint, dating back to a 2019 transaction, about The BookWalker. But that said, she...
Posted on September 27, 2022 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Writer Beware has done an incredible job of educating authors about how to spot a scam. They're, of course, not...
Posted on August 22, 2022 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The details of recent scam attempts on Writer Beware's radar might be different, but the general setup is the same....
Posted on June 28, 2022 at 1:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The two most legal-savvy bloggers we follow, Victoria Strauss and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, have some big-picture posts up for writers...
Posted on June 20, 2022 at 12:58 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
A small-claims court for copyright disputes established by the US Congress in 2020 has opened for business. Nate Hoffelder at...
Posted on June 11, 2022 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Internal contradictions in a contract are a bad sign, for a number of reasons. It could forewarn of shenanigans, predict...
Posted on June 7, 2022 at 3:15 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Victoria Strauss has long been curious about the contracts that serial-reading app Stary offers writers. One reason is that it's...
Posted on May 9, 2022 at 2:41 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
It’s not unusual for the folks at Writer Beware to see a bad clause in a contract once. But when...
Posted on April 8, 2022 at 9:50 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The first big piece of news with Writer Beware is that it's changed websites. A spot check of old links...
Posted on February 25, 2022 at 1:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Victoria Strauss has done a world of good for authors at Writer Beware. And she'll continue to highlight bad actors...
