New wave of publishing fraud mimics lonely hearts swindles of old – swapping promises of true love for the fantasy of literary acclaim. And the wooing process is now fully automated ...

A teen paid thousands to self-publish a book about her family's story and thought royalties would make up for it. Years later ...

Authors like me are being targeted by AI-powered accounts promising exposure and fake reviews ...

Wannabe authors are a target One of the most dangerous online scams I’ve seen runs very convincing online ads stating that — even if you have no writing experience — using their AI, you can produce a ...

Aspiring authors in Australia are among those who have been scammed by a global network of publishing houses using cloned websites and AI tools. Some boast testimonials using the images and names of ...