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[ISBW] Scams, scams, and more scams!

ISBW 22.14

The scammers are getting wilier, and we have to keep up, folks. They want you to pay to join book clubs, they catfish you to make you fire your agent and take theirs, and they are really into helping you promote a book you have forgotten about, and have zero control over because it was work for hire.

GLOSSARY:

Work For Hire: It is an exception to the general (copyright) rule that the person who actually creates a work is the legally-recognized author of that work.

Meaning when Marvel* hires you to write Superman, Marvel owns the rights to everything and you get a check.

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