One of my friends — also an author — got one of these scams just this week, as did the email for our writing group.
Watch it out there,
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Return of the Nigerian Prince: A New Twist on Book Marketing Scams - Writer Beware
Marketing scams have always been plentiful. Over the past year or so, though, they’ve really surged. I’ve written about one type of marketing scam–the “friendly author” social media scam, in which someone impersonating a real (and often very well-known) author reaches out with a direct message, ostensibly because they’re interested in your books or yourRead More
Writer Beware#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's WWW Wednesday #20 - August 20, 2025. I hope this update is both interesting, and surprising, since I've been pretty busy lately! Thanks again @SamAnnElizabeth of Taking on a World of Words for keeping up this lovely #bookmeme #WWWWednesday #bookX #TBR
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TCL’s WWW Wednesday #20 – August 20, 2025.
The WWW Wednesday meme This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and was revived by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words and is a great way to do an update on your reading and plans. I kn…
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