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Kindle Unlimited Book Stuffing Scam Earns Millions and Amazon Isn't Stopping It

• dahdum 8y ago
  It boggles my mind how Amazon is unable to deal with the book stuffers yet claims they are taking action. Just throwing an intern at the problem for a few days would net you a hefty list of the top abusers and a list of violations justifying booting them. My guess would be the program managers turn a blind eye to it to boost their revenue / book metrics, and upper management is all too happy to play along.
• DrScump 8y ago
  Comments from a few days ago on a related but inferior article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17283330 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17283330
• vivekd 8y ago
  If they have to promise a prize or gift for turning to the last page, isn't this something that Bayesian filtering could solve fairly quickly.
• sorokod 8y ago
  This is not a new thing. Charles Dickens and Alexander Dumas where paid based on the length of their work and it shows.