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Originally Posted by fjtorres
It turns out the ebook click farming scam is getting more common and the farmers are disguising their practices by roping in legitimate books from innocent midlisters along with the ones they're paid to boost.
https://the-active-voice.com/2016/06...t-think-again/
http://www.thepassivevoice.com/2016/...rawny-authors/
As I pointed out above, the practice hurts everyone; readers, authors, and yes, Amazon.
Since it is relatively new in the ebook space Amazon seems to be fumbling around for a handle on the problem.
Probably going to get uglier before it gets better. |
That poor author mentioned in the first article not only got one of Amazon's apparently typical form letters cutting her off with no chance for investigation or explanation but the form letter started off with the offensive and revoltingly touchy-feely "We are reaching out to you".
I'm sure the author was more upset about the content than the form but you'd think Amazon could have at least have found someone to draft a letter that was uniformly businesslike and not treacly in the beginning and a slap in the face at the end.
The "We will issue a negative adjustment to any outstanding royalty payments." doesn't even sound legal although no doubt it's stated in some TOS somewhere.