Amazon has a blank book problem: Shoppers report receiving counterfeits of a bestselling UFO book

THE ancient senior chief of A Pentagon unit that studied UFOs East release A very anticipated book This August — And a few to have Already by mistake order Since misleading Amazon Advertisement And received superficially convincing counterfeits of THE book.

Louis Elizondo directed THE Advance Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), A WE. governmental unit that look at In UFOs Before he resigned In 2017.

In late Can, Elizondo announcement A book called Imminent: Inside THE The Pentagon Hunting For UFO, declaring that THE book "suffered A 9 months WE. Government security goodbye." Imminent East foreseen For release on August 20 And has Already jumped up has THE high of from Amazon Bestseller list In THE military aviation history, the UFOs, And unexplained mysteries categories — but a few WHO pre ordered THE book on Amazon to have Already received counterfeits.

A Amazon customer WHO pre ordered Imminent received A book last week with A blanket as expected. When they open he up, However, he was complete of empty pages.

A job Since another X user watch that A fake copy of THE book existed on Amazon below A different author name (Didier Alarie) but with THE even book blanket. THE fake was listed has A cheaper price.

However Elizondo clarified that he was THE only author behind THE book, THE issue of scam book publications on Amazon extends beyond Imminent.

“Scam books on Amazon to have has been A issue For years," Married Rasenberger, CEO of THE Authors Guild, said NPR In March.

Each new book seems has spawn others that to try "has fly sales," according to has Rasenberger.

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With ChatGPT, THE issue multiply itself. AI-powered summaries masquerade as ebooks are Currently oversaturation Amazon, by A January Wired report, especially in front of major book versions.

THE issue persists even However Amazon Currently allow sellers has download A maximum of three books by day.

Under copyright books are Also allegedly be used has form AI.

Author And actor Sarah Money man deposit A trial against Creator of ChatGPT OpenAI last year, along with authors Christopher Golden And Richard Kadrey, alleging that ChatGPT was qualified on their protected by copyright books.

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