Book Marketing Scams, Part Whatever
Mar. 10th, 2026 11:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribI got an interesting call yesterday from a book "marketer." So normally I don't answer spam calls, but I was distracted so when the phone rang I answered it.
The caller on the other end, clearly not a native speaker of English (I think he was Filipino) asked if I was the author of Strawberry Gold. Well, yes I was, and I said I don't want to change marketing firms.
He then launched into a pitch about how his firm could help self-published authors "get the results they desire" and, apparently looking at Google, said that "I see World Castle LLC helped you with the book. How much did you pay them?"
Well, said I, I didn't pay them anything. They paid me. This baffled the guy. After I restated that fact, he quietly hung up. I guess I got a trainee at the digital sweatshop.
The caller on the other end, clearly not a native speaker of English (I think he was Filipino) asked if I was the author of Strawberry Gold. Well, yes I was, and I said I don't want to change marketing firms.
He then launched into a pitch about how his firm could help self-published authors "get the results they desire" and, apparently looking at Google, said that "I see World Castle LLC helped you with the book. How much did you pay them?"
Well, said I, I didn't pay them anything. They paid me. This baffled the guy. After I restated that fact, he quietly hung up. I guess I got a trainee at the digital sweatshop.
