A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has awarded costs and attorneys’ fees to Ann Crispin and Victoria Strauss, the principal operators of the Writer Beware website, soundly rejecting a frivolous lawsuit filed by a purported literary agent.
Miscellaneous “Bewares” Links checked/Page updated 12/26/25 Enormous numbers of people are writing and trying to publish books. This vast universe
Vanity, Subsidy, and Hybrid Publishers Page updated/links checked 12/27/25 Definitions Traditional publishers, subsidy publishers, vanity publishers, hybrid publishers, self-publishing–what’s the
Small and Independent Publishers Page updated/links checked: 12/30/25 Small and independent presses offer an important alternative to bigger houses, including
Self-Publishing Page updated/links checked: 12/28/25 Issues to Consider There are several options for self-publishing. Which you choose will depend on
Copyright Links checked/Page updated 12/26/25 Copyright Basics Copyright, literally, is “the right to copy.” It guarantees the authors of creative
Contests and Awards Links checked/Page updated 12/26/25 There are hundreds of literary contests and awards. Some are prestigious; some are
Mystery Writers of America (MWA) will co-sponsor the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Writer Beware program, which exposes publishing scams, educates writers on how to protect themselves from fraud, and maintains a massive database on their website of questionable literary agents, publishers, editorial services, and literary contests.
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