Comments on: Common Publishing Scams to Watch Out For  https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/09/common-publishing-scams-to-watch-out-for/ A Blog On Writing Sun, 13 Sep 2026 03:53:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Marilyn janson https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/09/common-publishing-scams-to-watch-out-for/#comment-179686 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 03:53:20 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=57764#comment-179686 I get phone calls and emails from scammers on a daily basis.

]]> By: Debbie Vilardi https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/09/common-publishing-scams-to-watch-out-for/#comment-179666 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:14:03 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=57764#comment-179666 In reply to Tui.

I saw one recently from stmartinspress.com. The editor is really there too. But a quick look at the website told me the company uses stmartins.com. Contact pages on the website will often give the email format the company uses. Compare.

]]> By: Rachel Warmath https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/09/common-publishing-scams-to-watch-out-for/#comment-179663 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:26:33 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=57764#comment-179663 In reply to Stephen Weinstock.

Thank you for sharing this!

]]> By: Rachel Warmath https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/09/common-publishing-scams-to-watch-out-for/#comment-179662 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:25:35 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=57764#comment-179662 In reply to Debbie Vilardi.

Thank you for these!

]]> By: Rachel Warmath https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/09/common-publishing-scams-to-watch-out-for/#comment-179661 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:24:59 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=57764#comment-179661 In reply to Tinthia Clemant.

Great addition, thank you!

]]> By: Rachel Warmath https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/09/common-publishing-scams-to-watch-out-for/#comment-179660 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:24:33 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=57764#comment-179660 In reply to Sally M. Chetwynd.

I love that you bring humor into it! Read 'em and laugh is a great approach and I feel it's possible when you're informed and know what to look out for. Thanks for sharing this!

]]> By: Rachel Warmath https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/09/common-publishing-scams-to-watch-out-for/#comment-179659 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:23:35 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=57764#comment-179659 In reply to Marian Beaman.

Thank you for raising awareness and sharing this!

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/09/common-publishing-scams-to-watch-out-for/#comment-179658 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:35:14 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=57764#comment-179658 One of my clients recently got an email that was very realistic. It wasn't just the blurb. They harvested the reviews as well, which gave them more info. But at least it quoted the reviews that let us see it. I don't trust any of these types of emails just on principle these days, but for the client, it was SO tempting. Clearly they were seeing something we weren't doing and if we did this thing... etc etc. I tossed the content through Pangram and it showed as 100% AI... which helped him understand what I was saying that it was a scam.

]]> By: Stephen Weinstock https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/09/common-publishing-scams-to-watch-out-for/#comment-179657 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:46:15 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=57764#comment-179657 This is excellent, Rachel. I’m glad your list of types of scams was so thorough. I’ve got from getting one fake email a week to receiving a few every day. And gone from the fake editor or agent to book clubs and ‘reading challenges,’ At least the senders and texts are getting more recognizably fake. It started with impersonations of actual people and now it’s ludicrous names. And clearly AI is just rehashing my own marketing and book description copy. I notify the actual people that they’ve been hacked. One writer/editor replied that there should be a special circle in Hell for the scammers.

]]> By: Sarah Austin https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/09/common-publishing-scams-to-watch-out-for/#comment-179654 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:43:54 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=57764#comment-179654 I had an email praising my book in the usual hyped up AI way but it wasn’t my book! Haha, amused me for a while.

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