Sentences with phrase «unwary authors»

Many unwary authors are encouraged by a vanity publisher's initial promotional material which usually praises the work submitted - whatever its quality.

Publishers reel in unwary authors with a carrot, the advance, then whack them with a stick, the contract.

And the unwary author doesn't realize the difference.

It is those whose claim to be self - publishers is simply a ruse to attract the unwary author and to mask their dishonest intentions who make it necessary to police the way all vanity publishers refer to themselves.

In a climate where there are those determinedly intent on fleecing the unwary author it is impossible to tell simply from their promotional material whether a publisher is genuine or not, other than through a long - term monitoring of each company's performance.

Not exact matches

It's a book that needed to be written, to alert authors considering self - publishing to the pitfalls that can trap the unwary who hire self - publishing companies that often focus on high - volume, automated, template - driven solutions rather than custom design and consultation.

Such services also work to prevent phishing, in which a hacker can redirect visitors of your author website to a fake duplicate and lead unwary link - clickers to unsafe, spyware - ridden ad sites.

Contests can be a great way for authors to get professional critiques, or get published, but contests also offer scammers and vanity presses a chance to take advantage of unwary writers.

Mr. Fisher has taught classes on international technology transactions at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and has authored articles and presentations on international and technology - related matters including: Selected Issues on International Technology Transactions; Foreign Deals: 10 Traps for the Unwary in an International Transaction, COMPETITIVE EDGE, JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2003; and The Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Export Controls, CURRENTS: INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW JOURNAL, Summer 1996.