Hello Charlie Trademark Update
Share: I intended to provide an update on the status of the unauthorized book seller who plagiarized my works and reused and modified my images without permission, along with thousands of other authors’ titles, but my brother tragically passed away two weeks ago. I feel guilty even writing this, but life must go on. It […]
Amazon Content Review is Useless
Someone, somewhere is laughing at me. They’re saying to themselves, “see, this is what he deserves for choosing to publish his coloring books with Amazon KDP.” Yes, it’s an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound somehow involving a flintlock musket. It’s a Darwin Award without the award. I get it, so go ahead and be self-righteously snarky. Hindsight is 20/20. But just like Ishmael, I’m about to go down with this ship in a blaze of glory.
Amazon Copyright Update
Here’s an update about the unauthorized copy right party who has been plagiarizing thousands of authors’ works on Amazon.
Amazon Reviews. Amazon Fix Your…
I appreciate everyone’s reviews. It brings me immense joy to see that everyone likes these titles and are having a great time. Now if only Amazon could get their own stuff together.
AI Book Writing & Copyrights
Publishing reporter Jane Friedman recently encountered an incident of her own regarding both Amazon and GoodReads along with a series of books clearly pretending to be her with her name attached to a series of AI-generated books. While we might have some differences of opinion, I think we all agree upon one thing: Amazon’s handling of impersonators, copyrights, and theft is questionable.
Forget AI, Humanity is More of a Threat
Forget AI and the anxiety around artificial intelligence. AI should be the least of everyone’s worries. We’ve had thousands of years of advances to have learned from.
More Amazon Copyright Issues
I’ve been digging around and talking with other authors about the Copyright issues that’s happening with Amazon. I just discovered at least 1,000 more unauthorized books by Personalized JoyCraft on the site. The best part? Other authors have been reporting this all along and Amazon has done nothing to stop it. Instead, they’re profiting from it.
Unauthorized Seller Notice – The Art Nouveau Coloring Book
I just came across an unathorized copy of my work, The Art Nouveau Coloring Book: Hats, Cats, & Vintage Romance which is sold on Amazon, now being sold by a third-party independent seller on Amazon. This version is listed as being spiral bound.