Writer Sanctum
Writer's Haven => Writer 101 [Public] => Topic started by: The Bass Bagwhan on November 17, 2025, 10:22:16 AM
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No, I didn't get scammed. But I can imagine some people might be tempted, so beware of this and similar "deals" that will likely pop up in the US too.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/17/authors-writers-caught-in-global-ai-publishing-scam
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That article showed two people that are clearly AI generated. Another popular scam, even worse, is impersonating someone OR a company.
Seems I'm at about 10 book club/promotion/marketers emails per day now. I need an AI assistant to sift through all of it. And, I've said in earlier posts, I really feel like one day I'm going to miss out on a real opportunity tossing a legit email in the junk folder.
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That article showed two people that are clearly AI generated. Another popular scam, even worse, is impersonating someone OR a company.
Seems I'm at about 10 book club/promotion/marketers emails per day now. I need an AI assistant to sift through all of it. And, I've said in earlier posts, I really feel like one day I'm going to miss out on a real opportunity tossing a legit email in the junk folder.
I recently got a long and very flattering email about one of my books although the language was slightly odd. I thought, "Fair enough, someone's used AI to compose the email."
Then it devolved into a sales pitch for promoting that book. (Sigh) Oh well, I felt good for a brief moment...
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It seems I delete these annoyances every other day....
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I guess that advantage of low sales is that even the scammers don't notice me.