Don't know if it will work cold, but doesn't hurt to try.
Not my number BTW. Here's the URL
Posted on 08/16/2023 9:31:55 AM PDT by Red Badger
Author and cartoonist Scott Adams has reportedly had his new book “Reframe Your Brain” blocked by Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing, and he has apparently been banned for life from the platform.
Adams said that Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing, used by independent publishers, “banned me for life this week, so my book launch for Reframe Your Brain might be delayed. Their stated reason is that I don’t own my own content, although they have documents proving I do.”
“I get no response when I ask who they think owns it. I can’t penetrate what I believe is their AI support system that is pretending to be human, to determine if it is a system issue or … something else. Will keep you updated.”
Someone commented on the post, saying that his book had also been banned from Amazon: “Welcome to Rejection by Amazon, Scott! They refused my book, ‘The Plague of Models’ as well. Mine is out on GooglePlay books, Barnes and Noble, and other distributors. Amazon is earning its anti-trust prosecution, IMHO.”
When someone noted that it could be a rights issue, Adams said when his publisher canceled him earlier this year, the rights were reverted back to him. “Looks like a leftover placeholder from the publisher who canceled me and returned all of the rights to me. That might be the problem, maybe not. I can't get an answer.”
Amazon recently received backlash from prominent author Jane Friedman after it was discovered that the platform had allowed books written using AI to be published under her name, without her permission.
Amazon initially said Friedman did not have the copyright to her name, but the platform ultimately took down the books.
“They’ve never taken on any care or responsibility for these things. It’s pretty much anything goes until there’s a total sh*tstorm surrounding it, publicity wise,” she said. “Authors are just banging their heads against the wall trying to get a human being with critical thinking skills at Amazon to recognize there is a problem here.”
Not my number BTW. Here's the URL
Corporate tyranny.
Excellent. I just added the “Call Me” URL to my Amazon contacts. That looks very helpful. Looks like it will work cold.
But they have the nicest chains and so cheap too so keep doing business with them!
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Some people would complain if they were being hanged with a brand new rope.
Even if it is silk. :)
Bought books from Amazon 20+ years ago, when they were still selling mostly books.
These days it’s become the most annoying platform I can think of. Always in your face at the top of any search result (google, duckduck,...), and when I rarely do click on one of their offers, it takes me to a different product! And when I find the correct product, the presentation sucks, with vital information either not there or obscurely hidden.
F Amazon, long and hard.
Thanks. I’ll hang onto this.
All giants start out small, then grow to the point where they forget what got them there. See Bud Light for more details.
They pay for that. They pay so that other sites are pushed off the front page because they know that people are lazy and will not go beyond the first page.
They used to be honest about it with a "paid ad" marking but now they shove it up there.
I still hate Amazon with a vengeance, though, these days. 😀
Some of the Chinese product is good quality. Stuff on the low end needs careful scrutiny. I ordered a 49:1 un-un to build an End Fed Half Wave antenna. Some of the other buyers posted reviews warning of shoddy workmanship. Upon receipt, I popped the cover. Yup. Shoddy. Loose parts in the box and terrible solder joints. I rebuilt it. Put a 2400 ohm resistive load on it and did a sweep from 1 MHz to 30 MHz. Good, clean results. I suspect the party who built it lacked the skills to do it right.
My son passed last year, and he worked at a local Sears while he was in high school. We moved from the area 11 years ago, and I have no idea what is in that building now.
The “NUUK” patio cart is actually very high quality. The first one I received had the three manufacturing defects indicating poor quality control. The second one was perfect. The packaging of the heavy table parts was absolutely superb, too. Heavy large corrugated cardboard nestled every part together. No parts were loose, rolling around or banging into each other. Everything was well protected.
We’ll see how long the stainless steel top and shelf last.
$350 — compared to that old 70s Tektronix for what? Maybe $20,000 at the time?
An email from Amazon KDP says they reversed their decision (without explanation) so Reframe Your Brain is back on track.
I just checked. It's available now.
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