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A new literary agent scam to watch out for (This week in books)

April 21, 2023 by Nathan Bransford 4 Comments

This week! Books! Victoria Strauss at the indispensable site Writer Beware has a new scam to watch for, which starts with a “literary agent” promising to work only on commission who will take your book to the next level, only for additional fees to start rolling in. Be careful out there! Also from Writer Beware, […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Bookstores, ChatGPT, David Modlawer, Elisa Lorello, Farhad Manjoo, Kathy Ishizuka, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, PEN America, Scams, Stephen Marche, Victoria Strauss

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