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Originally Posted by pwalker8
One thing that I've noticed is that some people tend to scan and "publish" dead authors' books on Amazon (and I'm sure other platforms) simply based on the idea that they are a lot less likely to get into trouble. Some of these can be quite slip shod, others can be quite good. I ran across a copy of Doc Smith's Lensman book on Amazon a while back that was absolutely unreadable, it had so many errors. That's a lot coming from me. My guess is that the "publisher" did not have the rights to it. Amazon eventually pulled it.
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Yep, been scammed myself.
I had been patiently waiting for YEARS for Anne McCaffrey's Harper Hall trilogy (Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragondrums) to show up as ebook in USA ebook stores. One day, there they were on Amazon!
I bought them, but as I knew I loved the trilogy, didn't feel any need to reread immediately. Instead, I waited for the right time, which was a year and a half or so later when my Kindle Oasis 2 arrived.
I downloaded the books, settled in for what I hoped would be a lovely reread and UGH! RIDDLED WITH ERRORS! All three books.
So, I went to look for the publisher/copyright page in order to make a complaint to the publisher and discovered there was NO PUBLISHER INFO and NO COPYRIGHT PAGE of any sort. To me, that spells pirated copies loud and clear.
I realize NOW that I should have done a 'look inside' or checked the reviews, but I bought straight from my Kindle Voyage. It never occurred to me that with a well-known author like this that Amazon would let just anybody upload their work with no proof or even indication of rights ownership. Buyer beware....