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Feb 24, 2019 24 tweets 7 min read
After #copypastecris, a lot of people are talking about what systems @AmazonKDP should have in place to clean up the Kindle Store.

I've been tracking this issue for years and I'm going to tell you a story which will explain why such talk is hasty. Because Amazon. Doesn't. Care. I was the victim of piracy in 2012 - and I mean full-on piracy, where someone had ripped my entire book and published it on Amazon under their own publisher name. Using my name and cover, but under their own account so the royalties would go to them.
Apr 5, 2018 17 tweets 6 min read
HUGE NEWS: Amazon has filed suit against a UK self-publisher in Washington federal court, seeking to confirm an arbitration award against him for using clickfarms and bots AND BOOK STUFFING. (This is behind a paywall, but I have more info)
law360.com/internationala… Amazon had filed suit last September against five parties, including Jake Dryan and his UK based companies, Green Publishing Limited and Project Olympus Limited, alleging they had manipulated the Kindle Direct Publishing service cnet.com/news/amazon-tr…