”It has come to our attention that a scam outfit by the name of Silver Ink Literary Agency is emailing authors to solicit book proposals for publication with major publishers. The scammers are using the Authors Guild’s logo on their letterhead and the logos of leading publishers to solicit book proposals and charging authors up to $6,000. The letter also claims that the Authors Guild is chairing a task group that oversees the editorial and publishing process.
“This is a scam. We strongly advise you not to correspond with the sender. We are in the process of taking legal action against the scammers.
“If you or someone you know has received this email, please contact the Author Guild immediately at staff@authorsguild.org.” .
We heard from a member about an outfit called Truman Publishing aggressively marketing its services to authors. Judging by their website, which lists several fake addresses and other inconsistencies, we suspect this outfit is a scam and strongly advise all authors to avoid contact with them.
