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Shona Cook
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Publishing publicist. 🇨🇦

Posts deleted regularly as I'm not making the same mistake I made at the other place.
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New extortion scam email going round (this was received via a writer's website contact form). I've seen a number of these recently but without the money demand; the translation angle is also a new one
Name: Jeff Email: jeffersonzonon@proton.me Subject: Found your work on file sharing channels Message: Hey Michelle, how are you? So here’s something interesting—I found your work floating around online. Full PDFs. Multiple sites. No paywall, no control, no credit. Just… there. And it hit me: if it’s already leaking like that, your value is slipping faster than you think. And then I realized something else. I can push it even further. I can run your entire catalog through my translation app—takes about thirty minutes per language—and release your work across ten different markets without breaking a sweat. No permission, no courtesy, just pure distribution. Imagine your creations scattered everywhere, read by thousands… yet worth absolutely nothing to you. And honestly? I don’t want that. I’d rather not be the reason your career drops through the floor. That doesn’t help either of us. So here’s my offer: get in touch with me. Talk to me. Stop me from releasing these translations before they hit every file-sharing site and social feed out there. It’s simple. Reach out. Have 500$ —yes, that’s all. A small price to keep the value of your life’s work from dissolving overnight. But don’t wait too long. Silence from you just means I keep translating. And once they’re out, they’re out forever. You have 5 days. Your move
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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(Also you should read Hallie’s books)
hallierubenhold.bsky.social Hallie Rubenhold @hallierubenhold.bsky.social · 6d
History lovers, if you haven’t seen Netflix’s #DeathbyLightning, do watch it. Only 4 episodes about 2 men, President James Garfield and the man who killed him. What I loved about this little discussed episode in history is that it focuses on the characters of the men involved, and something else…/1
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM