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« on: July 16, 2009, 05:36:03 AM » |
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I just checked the top 100 books on Kindle and there is a really bad copy of New moon, the second book in the Twilight series, for .99. It is obviously an illegal copy and should be avoided.
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« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2009, 05:57:17 AM » |
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That's a new one, a pirated version of something that's already for sale in the Kindle store. Doesn't have a sample, either.
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« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2009, 11:03:42 AM » |
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« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2009, 02:55:14 PM » |
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Amazon pulled and refunded me for Eclipse and new Moon the .99 versions. They I think are pulling these versions from the lists! Yeah.
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« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2009, 03:44:47 AM » |
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Sometimes I'm so dense I surprise myself. I thought you were advertising a book titled New Moon Bootleg. I thought I was going to read about bootleggers. When I noticed who the OP was I thought to myself, wow, I didn't know she was an author. GESH!!
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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2009, 11:56:09 AM » |
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I'm going to ask a completely noobish question...  But how does a bootleg copy of a book for the Kindle make it up on Amazon at all? Unlike, for example, used books, which could be illegal copies or galley copies and not stated as such when somebody puts them up for sale (I've gotten stuck with galley copies of books when I thought they were a regular used version of the book a couple times) doesn't Amazon control what's put up for sale on Kindle since it's on their servers? I thought only publishers and other groups that have a relationship with Amazon can sell titles for the Kindle on Amazon's web site. |
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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2009, 12:48:19 PM » |
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I'm going to ask a completely noobish question... But how does a bootleg copy of a book for the Kindle make it up on Amazon at all? Unlike, for example, used books, which could be illegal copies or galley copies and not stated as such when somebody puts them up for sale (I've gotten stuck with galley copies of books when I thought they were a regular used version of the book a couple times) doesn't Amazon control what's put up for sale on Kindle since it's on their servers? I thought only publishers and other groups that have a relationship with Amazon can sell titles for the Kindle on Amazon's web site. Anybody can establish themselves as a publisher and upload an e-book to Amazon. That's how us Indie Authors do it. It's up to us alert readers to let Amazon know when we see an illegal copy for sale and I'm sure they catch it sometimes themselves. It takes a while for the publishers to get paid, so the pirates don't usually profit from their bootleg editions. |
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« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2009, 02:29:20 PM » |
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Also, thousands of titles are uploaded each day, Amazon cannot keep up with every one of them, so once in while something like this does happen. Couple of Harry Potter books made it up there a few months ago.
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