March Madness Hits the Literary World. If your email inbox isn’t getting a “Dear Author” email, just wait, it will. The scammers are working hard to have AI pull titles, authors, blurbs, and story content, as well as searching websites. Here are some hints to help authors avoid these mischievous money malefactors. The easiest way to tell is to look at the email they ask you to respond to. If it is anything but a name tied to a dot com, be suspicious.  Next, do your homework.

Print-on-demand or Not   Many self-published authors and those who go the vanity press route find themselves in the print-on-demand market. Authors are told you only pay for the book when someone orders it. There are no storage fees. And my favorite, it can’t be returned. After an extensive look at the print-on-demand feature, several factors have come to light that authors should be weary of. The first of these factors is cost. Authors may believe they are saving money with

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