A teen paid thousands to self-publish a book about her family's story and thought royalties would make up for it. Years later ...

Per Henningsgaard is affiliated with Writing WA, which is a state-based writers' centre mentioned in the final paragraph of this article. I'm the Chair of the Board of Management, which is volunteer ...

A professor of physics in Iraq was permanently dismissed last week after a government investigation found he orchestrated a massive fraudulent publishing scheme involving hundreds of thousands of ...

Federal courthouse in downtown San Diego. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Three people who allegedly ran a company that prosecutors say scammed nearly $44 million from elderly authors have ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. In a stark sign of scientists’ escalating frustration with how academic journals ...

A man who wrote a book about his near-death COVID experience lost £5,000 in a self-publishing scam. Paul Henderson, 60, was “two hours from death” and spent 30 days in an induced coma and on life ...

Aspiring authors in Australia are among those who have been scammed by a global network of publishing houses using cloned websites and AI tools. Some boast testimonials using the images and names of ...