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I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires) | Jane Friedman (janefriedman.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Peaces@infosec.pub to c/literature@beehaw.org
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tl;dr Books, most likely generated by an LLM, were being sold on Amazon under Jane Friedman's name.  The same books were added to her Goodreads profile.  Amazon initially refused to remove the books.  If it's happening to her, it's definitely happening to other authors.

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[–] Arotrios@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Serious question for the authors reading this - if there was a non-exclusive Fediverse e-commerce alternative to self-publishing on Amazon (including print on demand), would you use it?

Second question - what features would you like to see to make it fly? Dream big here - I'd love to hear all your ideas.

Third question - besides the topic of the article above, what does Amazon do wrong for authors? I've got a fair idea, but I really want to hear your thoughts and personal experiences.