Inside the Collapse: What Traditional Publishers Don’t Want You to Know About Their Imminent Demise
5. Traditional publishers have also become victims of the overseas publishing crime cartel. They’re called impersonation scams. Websites are popping up daily overseas that look exactly like the real publishers’ websites. Even traditional publishers’ logos are being stolen. When authors get scammed by the fake companies, they often lash out at the traditional publisher, thinking that’s who scammed them. What this means is fewer authors are trusting traditional publishers. Incidentally, traditional publishers now have impersonation scam warnings on their websites. However, vulnerable authors often don’t double-check who they’re talking to online. For example, one scammer contacted me from this email address: HarperColinsPublishings.com. The real company is HarperCollins.com. If you’re not a veteran scam-buster like me, you might not double-check that website URL. Many scam victims don’t.
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