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I understand the frustration and the anger of authors, and not using KDP may be indeed the sane thing to do for an author. But it appears that the root of these
by m000 2y ago
I understand the frustration and the anger of authors, and not using KDP may be indeed the sane thing to do for an author. But it appears that the root of these dystopic situations was not an evil overlord, but people trying to use KDP as a SaaS (Scam as a Service) platform [1].
We can still blame Amazon for only catering to the consumer side and effectively ignoring the authors' side.
[1] https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/amazon-tries-to-snuff-out-a-bunch-of-kindle-publishing-scams/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/amazon-tries...
- surfingdino 2y agoLet's give AI-powered scammers some credit too https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/20/amazon-restricts-authors-from-self-publishing-more-than-three-books-a-day-after-ai-concerns https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/20/amazon-restric...
- Merovius 2y agoI can blame the evil overloads for building a monopoly which then becomes a juicy target for scammers. Just like block chains are effectively "the mother of all zero-day bug-bounties", so are monopolies the mother of all algorithm-exploitation bug-bounties.