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Originally Posted by j.p.s
Requirement to satisfy amazon of legitimacy, or to anyone that might be curious?
How would a small publisher go about fulfilling the latter requirement?
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Depends.
Traditional publishers sign contracts with Amazon.
Indies are subject to terms of service.
Both are liable for misrepresentation. Getting sued by Amazon is no fun.
They don't check every single ebook but they spot-check enough to catch most phonies. And their system logs dupicate book titles. Given the scope of their catalog it is hard to slip in a pirate book given that the legit is very likely to already be there. It has been tried. Most often with Indies...who tend to check their sales regularly if not daily. So that too is hard.
It's not easy to trick a well run store.
That's why Google's problems faced so much griping.