[ISBW] Scams, scams, and more scams!

I Should Be Writing by Mur Lafferty

Jul 24, 202635:54Arts

ISBW 22.14 The scammers are getting wilier, and we have to keep up, folks. They want you to pay to join book clubs, they catfish you to make you fire your agent and take theirs, and they are really into helping you promo...

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