When we learned that Scribe Media, one of the largest publishing services companies, had laid off most of its staff, I figured we’d get the straight story in a few days. Nope. Two weeks later, we’ve heard mostly bullshit. The dishonest and unprofessional way in which this company has abused its authors, staff, and freelancers…
Publisher’s Lunch, usually a reputable source, is reporting that “Ghostwriting and publishing services firm Scribe Media abruptly shut down yesterday, laying off its staff.” A second source that I trust received an email saying that Scribe had laid off most of the staff in preparation for a sale. Other authors are reporting no response to…
Scribe Media — formerly known as Book-In-A-Box — has put videos from all its courses online and on YouTube for free. It’s got lots of free resources. That’s a bid to get writers to turn there first. Scribe has a decent chance to succeed at that — if it opens up its content offerings. As…