READERS MAGNET Literary Book Scout wanted $450 to market my book which they said came highly recommended by literary scout NYC New York
New scam on the way: Lookout book authors. Got a call from a guy saying my book was highly recommended by Literary Book Scout. No such organization but there are a bunch of freelance book scouts out there trying to drum up money by contacting authors most likely from Amazon to try and get the authors to pay them $450. to market their books. Did some more research and found the person called from Readers Magnet, http://www.readersmagnet.com/ PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH ANY AND ALL AUTHORS YOU KNOW AND CARE ABOUT--being a book author is no easy task and marketing your book once published, mostly self-published these days--is near impossible so these kinds of scammers prey on authors who usually have huge egos and desperately want their words read. In fact, please share this with anyone and everyone you know, since they just might know an author who needs to be made aware of this scam. One clue: all people I spoke with had a heavy foreign accent. Another clue they don't know English well as shown in their statement: "readersmagnet.com/world-wide-publicity/the-4ms-for-your-book/ … There are many things to remember in able for you to sell your book online." In able for you to sell your book online? In able? lol
1 Updates & Rebuttals
John
San Diego,California,
United States
In response to
#2UPDATE Employee
Fri, January 12, 2018
- We do appreciate the enthusiasm of sharing your view about our company and we apologize for any inconvenience made. However, if you are an author and you believe in the potential of your book, you would allow us the chance to share to you the wonderful work we have done for other authors. We express much concern because a growing number of companies are destroying us online most probably because we are presenting a very wonderful concept that can really help authors. We take great pride in building a much stronger relationship in every author that provided us their trust. We’ve partnered with famous authors including former senators, United Nations ambassadors and several TV personalities. To further provide you with the details of our legitimacy please visit the same website that you provided to see all the authors that are happy with the services that we provided. Contact us at: 1-800-805-0762 and 619-354-2576
Sincerely,
ReadersMagnet Team