Sisters in Crime leaves Twitter/X
After a very thoughtful discussion, the board voted to cease using Twitter/X immediately (11/20/2023). They will pin a post to keep their account on the platform so that no one else can use the handle. As of 11/20, they will no longer be posting on the platform.
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Update from the Authors Guild regarding scams
Amazon Sues Fake Publishing Scams
On October 30, Amazon filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California against 20 individuals and companies falsely claiming to be affiliated with Amazon, Amazon Publishing, and Kindle Direct Publishing. According to the complaint, the defendants target authors using websites with misleading names and URLs that replicate the look and feel of Amazon services. Victims believe they are working with Amazon, paying “substantial sums of money, often thousands of dollars, for grossly inadequate or non-existent services.”
The Authors Guild has included previous warnings in our newsletter about scammers impersonating Amazon Publishing as well as Amazon Studios. We urge all authors to be vigilant, to ensure that web and email domains are legitimate, and to reach out directly to verify authenticity if you have any doubts about any communications you have received.
If you’ve come across or done business with a publishing scam, please email us at staff@authorsguild.org
so we can let our members know to avoid it.
(Membership is by the month or year, very affordable for the benefits received)
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Genre: A 33 1/3 Series – new books on ’70s teen pop and Krautrock
333SOUND - Short books about albums. Published by Bloomsbury.
“Each book offers new perspectives, song recommendations, little-known tidbits, personal stories, and above all, ways of thinking about music.”
https://333sound.com/genre-70s-teen-pop-krautrock/
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Wimberly’s Gratuitous Ninja (Beehive, Dec.) collects the webcomics saga of “pyrate” vs. ninja warfare into a volume of more than 600 accordion foldout comics pages that span 400 consecutive feet. https://tinyurl.com/yc4x63bh
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How TikTok Has Transformed Romance Publishing
https://tinyurl.com/4rsw5rbj
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Sometimes it seems there are more calls for submissions for horror than any other genre. Want to learn more about how to write Gothic horror? It’s not all gory. Sometimes scary is worse!
What Is Gothic Horror in Fiction?
Writers Digest managing editor Moriah Richard outlines the history of gothic literature, what makes it horrifying, and how you can utilize the traits in your own storytelling.
https://tinyurl.com/54wh5yka
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