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Gents:
Have you lads seen the latest and greatest piracy stunts, going on, in KDP-land?
It's horrifying. Apparently, the newest "thang" is that they scan the file, and then embed the pages--sideways--into eBooks at the least and both at the worst (eBooks+Print); they slap on a new-ish cover, change the name very slightly. Then they write one unique line, at the top of the description and literally copy the entire description of the "pirated" book, into the description box--and publish it.
I honestly don't understand what's happening there, unless it's money-laundering, but that doesn't make any sense, either. One lousy alert, one copyright violation notice, one complaining customer and the book will be yanked and no royalties will be paid.
These surely cannot survive the mandatory 60-day payment cycle. So, what the hell is the point? WHY are they doing this?
And it's not just 1-2 books, either. I'm seeing reports near-daily at the KDP forums about it. The people who find their books pirated seem to find 2-3 copies, each time. They search on keywords and voilą!, there is their book, over and over.
I'm at a loss to understand the gist there. Unless it's some sort of brute-force testing for something else...but WHAT?
Hitch
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