List of Suspected Piracy

[Assurbanipal_II]

Today, I found my own story for sale on amazon, even though I did not put it there. I managed to take it down, but found many other 'suspicious' novels that shared very similar covers to the rip-off version of mine. They all are priced around 2,80 €, most of them at 2,84. The contents are always limited to: Summary, Chapters and Cover, no afterword, no acknowledgments. It is very likely all of the books below have been pirated.

I do not know if a similar thread exists, but I felt like doing this, just for people to check out.

If you are concerned about your book, feel free to look through the list, and if you find one you recognize, even if not your own, please share it with the author, or at least write below this post.

Here's the list, if I made a mistake and one of them is a genuine book, tell me and I will remove it from the list:
Warning! The list is very long.


https://amzn.eu/d/9RcM3aL

https://amzn.eu/d/3kwyr9b

https://amzn.eu/d/7ZpJcGr

https://amzn.eu/d/0szzO9S

https://amzn.eu/d/gMieFnb

https://amzn.eu/d/bzug0cH

https://amzn.eu/d/hfzqeny

https://amzn.eu/d/9RYZQaB

https://amzn.eu/d/4vq4XQ4

https://amzn.eu/d/5sd8W5D

https://amzn.eu/d/8HY9T25

https://amzn.eu/d/5zrrE0c

https://amzn.eu/d/6PaC0c1

https://amzn.eu/d/gPZMiOK

https://amzn.eu/d/hR6Hd8G

https://amzn.eu/d/0ciwz5H

https://amzn.eu/d/abjYgoU

https://amzn.eu/d/05UtJXL

https://amzn.eu/d/4paBU3U

https://amzn.eu/d/grB55T1

https://amzn.eu/d/9NSeozK

https://amzn.eu/d/fP94fDY

https://amzn.eu/d/0ZlHewj

https://amzn.eu/d/1owi73C

https://amzn.eu/d/ezWSFan

https://amzn.eu/d/dkjeFBL

https://amzn.eu/d/epCMO3u

https://amzn.eu/d/bYBQX76

https://amzn.eu/d/8c0dRpo

https://amzn.eu/d/fFcExSu

https://amzn.eu/d/gK5P8iM

https://amzn.eu/d/5uSBedn

https://amzn.eu/d/6gQVLfR

https://amzn.eu/d/aw6hYI7 (The Author has been informed)

https://amzn.eu/d/5DudbZk

https://amzn.eu/d/2WpKI23

https://amzn.eu/d/9tyDT15

https://amzn.eu/d/7mFYnQk

https://amzn.eu/d/ipsHELO

https://amzn.eu/d/3HWEEcF

https://amzn.eu/d/5SlJuSx

Those were all uploaded in the last 30 days, and its probably not all of them. There are some which come from the same authors, so do check out the authors, too.

Suspicious authors I have seen:

Eric Brown

Mark Vincent

James Donald

tbc.

 

[Succubiome]

This is very hard to scan quickly, but I thought I would note for others that copy-pasting 5 at a time into discord is more efficient for scanning than clicking on the links individually.

 

[QuercusMalus]

Not sure if you had seen this:

Amazon.com - Report Infringement

 

[ShipTeaser]

Yeah discovered mine is in Amazon too... Very... Creatively... Named ...
Emperor Astral...

The cover is so wrong too lol... Oh well

 

[melchi]

Just a musing of mine but that screenshot of the "Kindle Unlimited", "subscribers read for free" just stuck to my mind.
I wonder how much Amazon makes money from these stolen novels, which might or might not be sold, but are read by subscribers of their service?

Someone that has actually used KU might be better able to explain their experience but I think they get paid by how far a reader makes it through the story. So if someone reads it for free the author still gets some Bezos bucks, not sure how much per read though.

 

[Benson]

Someone that has actually used KU might be better able to explain their experience but I think they get paid by how far a reader makes it through the story. So if someone reads it for free the author still gets some Bezos bucks, not sure how much per read though.

Not entirely wrong. You get V-Bucks per pages read. Not by a single user, but all of them. I think on KU they give something like xyz US Dollar for 1000 pages read.

 

[beast_regards]

So, I have to pay Amazon for the KU membership to read the story to verify whether it has been stolen or is somewhat suspicious and then report it...

 

[ShipTeaser]

So, I have to pay Amazon for the KU membership to read the story to verify whether it has been stolen or is somewhat suspicious and then report it...

If it has a preview you can check that without any expenditure

 

[Benson]

If it has a preview you can check that without any expenditure

He's right. No need to buy that shit. Often you can just look at the chapters list and confirm based on that.

 

[melchi]

If it has a preview you can check that without any expenditure

Though I think you need an amazon account to see the preview.

 

[Ilikewaterkusa]

So, I have to pay Amazon for the KU membership to read the story to verify whether it has been stolen or is somewhat suspicious and then report it...

You can have someone else with that check it for you

 

[TsumiHokiro]

No need for an amazon account to preview. At least I managed to read a few pages of a few of the novels that were linked in this thread without having to log in.
They usually have a preview button under the image.

 

[beast_regards]

If it has a preview you can check that without any expenditure

Though I think you need an amazon account to see the preview.

I have an Amazon account because I have a subscription to Audible.
The same account can be used for Amazon if I want to buy things.
KU, however, is entirely different service and need to be paid extra

 

[Ai-chan]

Moments like these is when Ai-chan doesn't regret not updating for 2 years. It's amazing that amazon still hasn't updated their made scam detection automatic yet with all they money they have.

 

[beast_regards]

Moments like these is when Ai-chan doesn't regret not updating for 2 years. It's amazing that amazon still hasn't updated their made scam detection automatic yet with all they money they have.

Try to copy-paste one of those OP's stolen stories on the Royal Road, and you will be stopped in 24 hours tops.

 

[Erios909]

Moments like these is when Ai-chan doesn't regret not updating for 2 years. It's amazing that amazon still hasn't updated their made scam detection automatic yet with all they money they have.

They have no incentive to update their scam detection. They suffer no consequences for copyright infringement despite being able to profit from it. Even if they do 'ban' someone who gets reported, the legit author doesn't get the money the banned person made--amazon keeps all of it. Until a class action lawsuit happens and slaps them, it will stay like this.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

They have no incentive to update their scam detection. They suffer no consequences for copyright infringement despite being able to profit from it. Even if they do 'ban' someone who gets reported, the legit author doesn't get the money the banned person made--amazon keeps all of it. Until a class action lawsuit happens and slaps them, it will stay like this.

So basically the big Amazon takes the money made off of you and keeps it for themselves?

 

[TsumiHokiro]

So basically the big Amazon takes the money made off of you and keeps it for themselves?

You only just figured it out?

 

[Deleted member 84247]

You only just figured it out?

Yep

 

[TsumiHokiro]

That was why I asked how Amazon was making money from that subscription service.
They probably do not care to go after stolen content because of that. Readers who are not aware that what they are reading is stolen are still reading stolen content through that service.
And the more "content" there is, the better for Amazon. This makes people want to use their services even more. While for the legit owners of the content, well, you know what happens...