Beware Of These Writing Scams
A List of Resources To Spot The Scammers

Absolute Write
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=792
Bewares and Background Checks
Agent Verification Service
http://www.agentresearch.com/agent_ver.html
Association of Author Representatives
http://www.aar-online.org/
Literary Marketplace
http://www.literarymarketplace.com/lmp/us/index_us.asp
Searchable database of publishers and literary agents
National Writers Union
http://www.nwu.org
Be sure to look at "Writer Alerts"
Nebraska Center For Writers
http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW/litag.htm
Piers Anthony
http://www.hipiers.com/publishing.html
Comprehensive epublisher reports
Preditors and Editors
http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors
Warnings about all the latest scams
Preditors and Editors
http://www.sfwa.org/prededitors/
So good I list both URLs
The Publish America Sting
http://critters.critique.org/sting/
Yes, they would publish the worst book ever written
Scamspotting
http://www.hollylisle.com/fm/Articles/scamspotting.html
Writer Beware
http://www.sfwa.org/Beware/
A wealth of must-read advice for any genre
Writers' Net
http://www.writers.net
Searchable database of literary agents, editors, publishers, etc.

Beware Of These Writing ScamsA List of Resources To Spot The Scammers