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Victoria Strauss
@victoriastrauss.bsky.social
Adult/YA novelist, fanatical gardener, co-founder of SFWA's publishing industry watchdog group Writer Beware. Talking about scams, publishing, & items of writerly interest (plus the occasional cat pic) writerbeware.blog victoriastrauss.com
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Yes, there's a whole industry of scammers using the Amazon name and trademarks to rip off writers. Amazon is suing some of them. I've written about it here: writerbeware.blog/2023/07/07/h... Feel free to give your acquaintance my contact info, I'd be glad to answer questions beware@sfwa.org
How Scammers Are Using Amazon and Amazon Trademarks to Rip Writers Off - Writer Beware
Fake Amazons In the past year or so, I’ve noticed an upsurge in scams that employ the Amazon name, or the names of Amazon trademarks, to try and trick hopeful writers into believing they are working w...
Thank you!! This definitely sounds like it might be what's gotten him. I will... attempt to approach this delicately.
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Victoria Strauss
@victoriastrauss.bsky.social
Adult/YA novelist, fanatical gardener, co-founder of SFWA's publishing industry watchdog group Writer Beware. Talking about scams, publishing, & items of writerly interest (plus the occasional cat pic) writerbeware.blog victoriastrauss.com
3.5k followers329 following716 posts