I rarely re-blog posts but this needs exposure. AUTHORS! A WARNING! PROMOTIONAL SCAM!
Please read the original post from Christoph, about how a charity book project was scammed into receiving nothing despite great sales.
Share on social media to stop this evil scammer conning more victims!
Here is a little warning about a “service” I subscribed to recently:
Wid Bastian of Genius Media who now has a new business named Kairos Phoenix Company (KPC).
https://www.facebook.com/widb1
https://www.bizapedia.com/wy/kairos-phoenix-company-llc.html
I’m usually sceptical when it comes to professional indie author support but was taken in by his string of box sets. So many authors couldn’t be wrong?
Our book, Do No Harm, A collection of Medical thrillers, did well. Thanks to advertising and our own huge efforts we made USA Today and gathered 1.5 millions page reads during the short time it was in KU.
Two charities were named for this set, both 501c3 charities in the US and were to receive the pre-order proceeds. The charities advertised and marketed the set along with the authors. I’ve seen predominantly the marketing efforts from charities and the authors involved – actually next to nothing from his company.
Anyway, when…
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Hiss and spit is the very nicest thing I can say (and probably the only printable thing).
Thank you for the warning.
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Hiss and spit is the best reactions, EC – well, the mildest.
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Thanks for sharing!
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I’m just sorry the anthology didn’t benefit the ones who most deserved it. All the best for 2020, Christoph,
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This scam is getting exposure – https://danalatorre.com/2019/12/22/wid-bastian-ripped-me-off/ – time to see justice served.
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