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Book award scam warning signs you shouldn’t ignore
SOURCE: Book Award Pro
Summary
Book awards are a good part of the book marketing mix. But not all the awards you come across are legitimate or worth your time. You’ll want to learn to look for warning signs that help you identify and avoid the book award scams. Some of the warning signs include a bare bones website and no real submission requirements, plus a few more you’ll want to be aware of. It also advises you on what to do if you suspect a book award is a scam, while encouraging you to continue checking out book awards regardless, with many being quite valuable and worth pursuing for your book marketing objectives.
Excerpt
“Scams are fraudulent acts that steal money from people. It’s an actual crime, but that doesn’t stop scammers from doing it as long as they can. Scammers are people who engage in these acts to extort information, money, or items from another person. A scam is typically when you pay an organization money and never hear from them again. It can also be when they promise a prize or reward, but that reward doesn’t exist and never did…
If an award follows through with its promises, it gave you what was advertised. It wasn’t a scam, but that doesn’t mean authors can’t feel disappointed. Some authors have high expectations of winning. Other times the benefits of an award turn out to be not as good as they seemed on paper.”
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