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FakeNoose

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11. How is Amazon OK with this? They're enabling the AI cheaters and shutting down the humans who put them in business

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Sep 20, 2023, 11:30 PM

Sep 2023

I don't think I'll ever buy another book from Amazon again. They must establish some sensible standards here. If an author submits more than 3 or 4 "books" per year, that author is using AI to gain unfair advantage over others. That author needs to be banned from selling books on Amazon.

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Amazon restricts authors from self-publishing more than three books a day after AI concerns [View all] highplainsdem Sep 2023 OP

Only three books a day??? ret5hd Sep 2023 #1

Yes. No author can write 3 books a day. That's the tragedy in all this. jimfields33 Sep 2023 #4

Maybe a little more than that. tinrobot Sep 2023 #13

Good points. I think if they can come up with a fair compromise it would jimfields33 Sep 2023 #14

I'm working on 3 books and it's two years and still going. GreenWave Sep 2023 #2

Should be not more than 3 a year. LiberalFighter Sep 2023 #3

Daniel Steele Old Crank Sep 2023 #9

Publishing is saturated bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #5

How about one book every three months? Martin68 Sep 2023 #6

I have gotten really cautious about reading new books, unless they are by PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #7

The only new book I'm interested in buying this year is the murder-mystery written by Rupert Holmes. Crowman2009 Sep 2023 #8

Ohhhhh man, what a mess AI is going to be! mysteryowl Sep 2023 #10

How is Amazon OK with this? They're enabling the AI cheaters and shutting down the humans who put them in business FakeNoose Sep 2023 #11

Money elias7 Sep 2023 #12

There's an Amazon alternative we might want to use: coffeenap Sep 2023 #15

Didn't know about this! Thanks for the tip FakeNoose Sep 2023 #16

Is the "work stolen from real writers"? milestogo Sep 2023 #17

if one could read three books a day, they are probably not worth reading. Wonder Why Sep 2023 #18