Scam Warning: No Shortcut

Booksellers ranging from Washington State to New Hampshire and points south are reporting a scam involving the title The Shortcut: 20 Stories to Get You From Here to There, edited by Danna Curran (Author Identity Press). A number of booksellers have reported receiving a special order for two copies of the print-on-demand title from someone calling himself Mike Evers. When the books come in, they soon discover that the credit card number used to order the books is a bad account and the phone number is disconnected.

Although the book was sold as a non-returnable title, Ingram spokesman Keel Hunt told BTW, "In the interests of supporting our customers, we have decided to accept returns of this book even though it was sold as non-returnable. It can therefore be handled like all other returns."