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First Cup of Coffee – March 25, 2024

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A rant today on author coaches and the predatory nature of scavengers who feed on creatives, prompted by a request I received to share my “query letter” for a “free database.” So much no to these people!

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First Cup of Coffee - March 25, 2024

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March 25, 2024

Jeffe Kennedy

A rant today on author coaches and the predatory nature of scavengers who feed on creatives, prompted by a request I received to share my "query letter" for a "free database." So much no to these people!

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First Cup of Coffee – February 21, 2023

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Businesses that prey on authors – especially indie authors – how their model works, incompetence vs. maliciousness, and how to spot the ones that might provide little to no return, or collapse utterly.

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First Cup of Coffee - February 21, 2023

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February 21, 2023

Jeffe Kennedy

Businesses that prey on authors - especially indie authors - how their model works, incompetence vs. maliciousness, and how to spot the ones that might provide little to no return, or collapse utterly.

My blog post on Selling Shovels to Miners is here https://blog.jeffekennedy.com/2016/09/16/selling-shovels-to-miners/

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First Cup of Coffee – October 12, 2020

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First Cup of Coffee - October 12, 2020

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October 12, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

We're doing some exciting (for us) landscaping work. I'm also chatting about more egregious editing fouls and how self-publishing authors should be careful of predatory practices.

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