Protecting Your Books

AI-powered scams are becoming harder for indie authors to spot. This article explains how fake agents, publishers, Hollywood contacts, podcast producers, and book marketing services use personalization, impersonation, urgency, and flattery to target authors — and how to verify every opportunity befo

Get a clear breakdown of publishing contracts—understand your rights, avoid common pitfalls, and make smart decisions for your author business. Presented by ScribeCount.

Discover the essentials of work-for-hire agreements for indie authors, publishers, and freelancers. Understand who owns the copyright, what rights are transferred, and how these contracts impact your creative business.

AI-powered scams are becoming harder for indie authors to spot. This article explains how fake agents, publishers, Hollywood contacts, podcast producers, and book marketing services use personalization, impersonation, urgency, and flattery to target authors — and how to verify every opportunity before you respond.

Amazon KDP now actively enforces its AI content disclosure policy. This guide explains what indie authors must disclose, what does not require disclosure, where the AI disclosure appears in the KDP workflow, and why proactive compliance protects your books, royalties, and publishing account.

KDP account suspension can remove an author’s books, royalties, and primary income source without warning. This guide explains why suspensions happen, how indie authors can reduce risk, how to write a Plan of Action, and why wide distribution protects your publishing business from a single-platform crisis.

Authors who collect reader email addresses are responsible for protecting subscriber data. This guide explains how GDPR, CAN-SPAM, privacy policies, cookie consent, unsubscribe rights, and email platform compliance apply to indie author newsletters and author websites.

AI tools are changing how authors write, publish, and protect their work. This guide explains what copyright law currently says about AI-assisted writing, human authorship, AI-generated content, registration, training data lawsuits, international copyright differences, and practical steps indie authors can take to protect their books.

Your author website is the front door of your publishing business. This guide explains how indie authors can protect their domain, secure hosting, enable HTTPS, maintain backups, manage WordPress risks, comply with privacy law, and keep their website ready for launches, promotions, and reader traffic.