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The Author Trap: Inside The Scheme Selling Lies to Hopeful Writers
January 15, 2026·36 min·2 clips
When journalist Brent Crane tried to collect stolen PageTurner documents from a source at a Philippine mall, the source produced an empty manila folder, chased Crane through the shopping center, and threatened 'I'll fucking kill you.'
As heard by us
A sharp true-crime look at how author-services salesmanship allegedly slid into fraud against hopeful writers.
The Author Trap starts with Kevin Detler, a South Dakota soybean farmer, hunter, and self-published author whose hunting book made him a prime target for the kinds of calls that circle hopeful writers.
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A slow-burn publishing scam story with quotas, yachts, and hopeful writers.
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