David Gaughran: Cassandra Dee and Mosaic Book Stuffing

David Gaughran: Cassandra Dee and Mosaic Book Stuffing

David Gaughran: Giving A Voice To Indies

David Gaughran: Giving A Voice To Indies

Scammers Break The Kindle Store

Scammers Break The Kindle Store

Amazon Takes Aim At Scammers But Hits Authors (Let's Get Digital)

Amazon Takes Aim At Scammers But Hits Authors (Let's Get Digital)

FYI: Penguin Random House Is Still In The Vanity Business (Let's Get Digital)

FYI: Penguin Random House Is Still In The Vanity Business (Let's Get Digital)

Via David Gaughran-- Why Is The Media Ignoring Author Exploitation By Publishers?

I have been wondering the same thing. A very interesting piece and one well worth your time:

Why Is The Media Ignoring Author Exploitation By Publishers?

Interesting Reading Elsewhere--Let's Get Digital Blog

Author David Gaughran has an interesting piece on his blog today titled “The Author Exploitation Business.” Some names like AuthorSolutions should be familiar to you and you should know to stay far, far away from them.  But, if you are like me, you may have never heard about vanity publisher Abbott Press. Turns out they are owned by the good folks who own Writer’s Digest. Just one of the interesting things in the piece.

You can read it here and it is well worth your time. This is another blog well worth keeping your eye on.

Interesting Reading Elsewhere--Author David Gaughran

Thanks to twitter, I just came across author David Gaughran's piece on the purchase of  vanity publisher Author Solutions by Penguin. This purchase means that Author House, who banned me years ago from reviewing their books because I was not as positive on occasion as they felt I should be, will now be part of the Penguin empire.

It also means that, as noted in the piece, http://indiereader.com/2012/07/penguins-new-business-model-exploiting-writers/ Penguin is now a part of those who seek to exploit writers for financial profit.