In conversation with Mary Kubica

 

Bestselling Author scam

Amazon Bestseller

This week, I was contacted by bestselling author Mary Kubica, I know she is genuine as she contacted me via gMail, I have been contacted on Twitter by several people "claiming to be a bestselling writer, only to find the accounts has been hacked.

I asked Mary, how she came across my story, The Awakening, as it has not sold according to my sales record?

Apparently, it came to her attention via an online article. Mary is interested in where the story came from, and my experiences as a writer. I got the idea during a discussion on the British Empire with a gentleman in India on LinkedIn

Bestselling Author scam

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SCAMBUSTER

If you get contacted by a person "claiming" to be a bestselling writer, it is usually a scam, how do I know?

Ask yourself, then the other person, how did you find out about me?

The most common reply I got was "I follow other writers, on Twitter." The other reply is " I can't tell you why."

Before you rush into anything, remember these things; if they are a bestseller, they would not know about you. They are busy writing their next book, and anyone with a but of IT know-how can download images from the internet, and create a false profile.

Book Promoter Scam

Until recently, I was plagued by people "claiming" to be a book promoter, and telling me they could influence my eBook sales, if I paid them for promotion.

The things to remeber here are anyone can make a banner to post online, and claim they are someone they are not. If you are paying a person to promote your work, you are out-of-pocket before you start. A true publisher will give you an advance on how they feel your book will sell. Most of the people "claiming" to be promoters are in Nigeria - the SCAM capital - they claim to have a degree, but the highest ranked University in the country is ranked lower than 800, making it tlower than a high school in the USA.