The Insecure Writer’s Support Group and Unethical Publishing Practices

It’s time for another edition of The Insecure Writer’s Support Group, founded by Ninja Captain, Alex J. Cavanaugh.


The question for today: What is the most unethical practice in the publishing industry?

There are a lot of things to choose from! Plagiarism, vanity publishers, using AI to write the whole book, etc.

I decided to go with one that many people may not be aware of – book returns.

Bookstores and the wholesalers & distributors who deal with them are the only ones who return book...