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[dragonlady7]

plagiarism, amazon, self publishing

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galvanizedfriend https://galvanizedfriend.tumblr.com/post/703842223634137088/it-has-just-been-brought-to-my-attention-thanks :

It has just been brought to my attention (thanks, deehellcat https://tmblr.co/MDYvXYZHqQ7PljwZRmFTAbQ!) that someone by the pen name of J.D Geraghty and Plush Books https://www.amazon.com.br/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3AJ.D+Geraghty&s=relevancerank&text=J.D+Geraghty&ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1 has copied one of my fics and published it as an original book on Amazon. I was told it was We’ll Always Have New Orleans, but I couldn’t actually find that one on their list. I did find The Wolf, https://www.amazon.com.br/gp/product/B0BMQ5D91M?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_7&storeType=ebooks though. They didn’t change anything, even the summary is the same (even the font on the “cover”).

This person has HUNDREDS of books on Amazon. On the supernatural/vampires/werewolves section alone I saw other KC stories, even one I recognized https://www.amazon.com.br/gp/product/B0BN2TRKXR?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_17&storeType=ebooks by willowaus https://tmblr.co/MpAICE3m2HKHdH842-NJMEg (being sold on print form as well). So I highly suggest that anybody with published fics out there, be it on tumblr, wattpad, AO3, anything, check this person’s profile on Amazon. A quick twitter search showed me they’ve been identified as stealing stuff from other fandoms as well. There are definitely some Teen Wolf and other Vampire Diaries stuff there. Some of it seems to be rather recent (The Wolf was published on Amazon this November). They’ve also published some of this stuff on Barnes and Noble.

I am trying to figure out how to file a plagiarism complaint on Amazon. The form is not really that intuitive, so I’m not sure how to do it exactly. If anybody has dealt with this before and has any idea on how to address it, I’m all ears. I would really love some tips on how to procede here, because I have no clue and am kind of in shock right now.

Also, would really appreciate a reblog here so that other authors out there might become aware of their stories being stolen. (Your picture was not posted)

Comments

[frith]

It's fan fiction. Print-on-demand venues will dump a fan fiction book if you tell them that it infringes on a trademark or copyright of some big company. Is Teen Wolf Warner Bros? Then tell Amazon that book X infringes Warner Bros' Teen Wolf copyright. Amazon is not going to read these books, it prefers to dump them than waste time and money on a lawsuit from some company protecting its IP. Several books that I've bought were removed from a print-on-demand venue after some disgruntled troll reported them. Whether they were original or plagiarized did not factor in the decision and there was no possibility of getting the books put back.

[(Anonymous)]

yes, this is a reblog for signal boost; people are finding and reporting their works.

[frith]

Oops! Thanks. ^_^;