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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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[-] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

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