Ten Percent of Nothing

[Andy]

If anyone's heard of those scam agencies and publishers, here's a book I found about it. It's recommended by Writer Beware (http://www.sfwa.org/Beware/agents.html).

Ten Percent of Nothing: The Case of the Literary Agent From Hell (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0809325756/qid=1098403127/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-1731443-2853628?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

Professor Jim Fisher's expose of Dorothy Deering of the Deering Literary Agency/Sovereign Publications, whose long-running literary con game defrauded hundreds of writers of millions of dollars. An engrossing study of a classic scam, this book is also an excellent examination of how writers become caught up in such schemes. It's a valuable warning for new writers, and highly recommended by Writer Beware.On a side note, I just noticed the Desert Rose Literary Agency (http://www.sfwa.org/Beware/twentyworst.html) appear in our Google ads. If you're not aware, they're a well-known writers' scam. I immediately blocked it, and I'm about to go down a list and block a whole lot more.