Plush Books, plagiarism, but also fuck Amazon too
So, whoever is behind Plush Books is an asshole, obviously, and I hope they step on lego every day for the rest of their shitty life.
But let’s talk for a second about Amazon, and how it’s possible to upload hundreds of fanfics to KDP, without even changing the character names and very obviously trademarked intellectual property, and it doesn’t get pinged at all?
A while back, when I tried to republish Anhaga (a book I wrote, and the rights to which had reverted back to me) Amazon told me there was a “copyright issue” despite the fact that I had a rights reversion letter from my former publisher, and everything was completely legal and above board.
Why the fuck did I spend a frantic week going back and forth with what felt like six million Amazon customer service reps, jumping through a bunch of hoops to prove that Anhaga was mine, I had written, and I owned the rights to it? Meanwhile they’re over here selling books that were uploaded in their hundreds over a suspiciously short period of time, without even changing the character names in an attempt to at least try to pretend they’re not stolen?
So yeah. Fuck Plush Books, but also fuck Amazon too.
Meanwhile, if you think Plush Books has stolen you fic, check them out here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0BMB1RG5J/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=faaebd0a-c8cf-438d-9b29-4c623ca8cdbd&store_ref=ap_rdr&ref_=ap_rdr
And here is how to file a DMCA notice: https://twitter.com/kokomroily/status/1603843555692351488?s=12
And here is a link to the spreadsheet listing all the stolen fics that have so far been identified: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fdmd9XxpU0PqWLvuoJwCn7dM90Cy4N8393AsEf7V6_w/edit#gid=0
Full credit to KokomRoily on Twitter for bringing this to people’s attention. (And I’m sure there are lots of other people working on it too. I don’t know who they are, but kudos to them as well.)
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