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From Predators and Editors comes the following important list of DANGER SIGNS that you may be looking into the eyes of a SCAM !

Some General Rules for Spotting a Scam Publisher
Openly advertises for writers in print or online publications or both.
The publisher claims that it's seeking to publish first-time authors.
Openly claims that it's not a vanity or subsidy publisher.
Claims that it has a new business model that will bring success, but never explains why successful publisher… Continue

I am a professional author. That means I am an author by profession. I am also a professional writer. That means I write all sorts of stuff, and get paid for it. The difference between an amateur and a professional is that a professional gets PAID. Real published authors don't think of themselves as "published authors." Why? Simple. In order to be an author, you must be published. There are no unpublished authors. Printing it up yourself, or paying to have it printed, doesn't make you publish… Continue