Thank you, Sheila! I’m so glad it resonated with you — but so sorry that company keeps calling. That tactic alone tells you everything you need to know about the company, right? I feel terrible for the people who don’t know better and get sucked in by the flattery. I understand how easy it is to be tricked.

Sandy

Thanks for sharing, Marta! I’m glad you liked it.

Sandy

Thanks, Joanne. Great tip! I can only imagine how many people have been sucked into this and completely wasted their money.

You’ve reminded me of one that targets me every now and again, both by telephone and email. It’s an online radio “network” contacting me with an interview opportunity because listeners have requested that I be a guest on the show, yada yada yada. Ha! It’s actually an opportunity to pay to be interviewed about the topic of my choice. Lucky me, eh? Um, no.

Thank you for warning and advice — excellent!

Sandy

I’m so glad Myrtle that you didn’t fall for any of the scams!

Myrtle, I don’t know about anyone else here, but I find the fact that they made an effort to find your phone number disturbing! Imagine what would have happened if you had provided your credit card information over the phone to book space at the book fair — or for anything else. There’s no paper trail….

An author in the Build Book Buzz Facebook group also got a phone call. In her case, her book was still in manuscript stage on her computer, which meant that the creep probably found her in a Facebook group for writers.

Wow.

Sandy

Thanks, Rosalind! I think that if a publishing company’s goal is to merely manufacture books w/out regard for quality or content, that approach will work just fine. You’ve written something, anything, and want to see it in print? They’ll take your money. But the way you were “discovered” is certainly, um, interesting.

Thank you for sharing your story!

Sandy