A Must Read: Writer Beware Blogs!

Now in it’s 14th year, Writer Beware is an excellent professional/educational resource that every writer who submits work should read. Writer Beware is “a publishing industry watchdog group sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America with additional support from the Mystery Writers of America, shining a bright light into the dark corners of the shadow-world of literary scams, schemes, and pitfalls.”

Here’s a list of Writer Beware’s most notable posts and warnings from 2011:

First One Publishing’s Writing Contest
Karma’s a Bitch (For Scammers)
Why Your Self-Publishing Service Probably Didn’t Cheat You
The Interminable Agency Clause
Book Fair Bewares
Net Profit Royalty Clauses
Literary Agencies as Publishers: a Trend and a Problem
Getting Out of Your Book Contract–Maybe
Clark, Mendelson and Scott: New Name for a Fee-Charging Agency
The Cruelest Hoax
Farrah Gray Publishing
Taking Famous Names in Vain
The Agenda of The Write Agenda
A Small Press Implodes: The Inside Story of Aspen Mountain Press
The Brit Writers Awards: Questions and Threats
Introducing Writer Beware’s Small Presses Page
The Fine Print of Amazon’s New KDP Select Program
Publisher Alert: Arvo Basim Yayin