Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon
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Upon searching Amazon and Goodreads, author Jane Friedman recently discovered a half-dozen listings of fraudulent books using her name, likely filled with either junk or AI-generated content. Both Amazon and Goodreads resisted removing the faux titles until the author's complaints went viral on social media.
It was getting too long... :sigh: And of course the big companies moving a finger only for PR... :doh: X|
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Upon searching Amazon and Goodreads, author Jane Friedman recently discovered a half-dozen listings of fraudulent books using her name, likely filled with either junk or AI-generated content. Both Amazon and Goodreads resisted removing the faux titles until the author's complaints went viral on social media.
It was getting too long... :sigh: And of course the big companies moving a finger only for PR... :doh: X|
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
No wonder SAG is so worried, fraid they might get upstaged. When you have little talent you worry that someone, or in this case something will take what little you have.
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Upon searching Amazon and Goodreads, author Jane Friedman recently discovered a half-dozen listings of fraudulent books using her name, likely filled with either junk or AI-generated content. Both Amazon and Goodreads resisted removing the faux titles until the author's complaints went viral on social media.
It was getting too long... :sigh: And of course the big companies moving a finger only for PR... :doh: X|
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Do you know Clifford Stoll of CUCKOO'S EGG - Kindle edition by Stoll, Clifford. Tracking A Spy Through a Maze of Computer Espionage[^] fame? Well, he makes klein bottles and sells them on amazon[^] and went through a thing where Amazon ignored him for a long period of time. It's a fascinating story that most people don't know about. Amazon won't help Klein bottle seller after another company hijacks his product listing with a blackhead remover[^] Klein bottle[^] wikipedia. Of course, for amazon they just take a percentage of all sales and it is work to track these things down so for the most part they just don't care who is selling as long as someone is generating sales and generating money for them.
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Do you know Clifford Stoll of CUCKOO'S EGG - Kindle edition by Stoll, Clifford. Tracking A Spy Through a Maze of Computer Espionage[^] fame? Well, he makes klein bottles and sells them on amazon[^] and went through a thing where Amazon ignored him for a long period of time. It's a fascinating story that most people don't know about. Amazon won't help Klein bottle seller after another company hijacks his product listing with a blackhead remover[^] Klein bottle[^] wikipedia. Of course, for amazon they just take a percentage of all sales and it is work to track these things down so for the most part they just don't care who is selling as long as someone is generating sales and generating money for them.
raddevus wrote:
for the most part they just don't care who is selling as long as someone is generating sales and generating money for them.
that's why I said only moving a finger once PR is involved... bad PR is bad for sales
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Upon searching Amazon and Goodreads, author Jane Friedman recently discovered a half-dozen listings of fraudulent books using her name, likely filled with either junk or AI-generated content. Both Amazon and Goodreads resisted removing the faux titles until the author's complaints went viral on social media.
It was getting too long... :sigh: And of course the big companies moving a finger only for PR... :doh: X|
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
AI telling the publisher - "To sell more, you better publish what I write, in the name of the author I choose".
