Self-publishing authors (which I am one with The Monster Movie Fan's Guide To Japan) need to be mindful of crooked people out there who will counterfeit their books and sell them on Amazon.
This apparently has been a problem for years and it hit RV-related publications.
RV Travel reported (snippets):
A chronic problem with Amazon that has plagued authors and publishers for years has finally made its way to the RV industry. We’re talking about counterfeit books.
David Cattelino runs a small publishing house called Roundabout Publications just outside Kansas City, Kansas. It specializes in writing and publishing how-to books, trip guides, and websites for outdoor travel enthusiasts. Some of their most popular titles include RV Camping in State Parks, RV Camping in National Parks, the Rest Area Guide, and the RVers Guide to Dump Stations.
But it’s their RV Camping in Corps of Engineers Parks guide that has been caught in a counterfeit web on Amazon.
“We recently discovered that there was a pirated copy of the Corps of Engineers Park Guide being sold on Amazon,” Cattelino said. “It even had a different author’s name and was selling for less than our regular cover price in both print and in three digital Kindle editions.”
Counterfeiting on Amazon isn’t new
Self-publishing authors can submit their works to Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing. Their e-books will then be posted for sale on the site. It’s a simple matter for a counterfeiter to create a PDF of the original digital work. Or they scan all of the pages from a traditionally printed book. The thieves then submit the work back to Amazon as their own and reap the profits.
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