[Cindy Borgne]

I'm just wondering if this is for real? https://www.amazon.com/gp/movers-and-shakers/digital-text#3

And how are these people doing this? Click bots?

 

[Chris Lord]

Comment deleted due to new TOS on 27/08/2018

 

[BellaJames]

I check the movers and shakers list often and I was wondering why all those books had suddenly taken over the chart. I did not even click on them to see what they were.

As one reviewer said, look inside and you'll see the same two paragraphs repeated. Why did Amazon not see this?

The price  . Do people actually buy these books?

Check out the review on the title 'The Brave Donkey'

 

[Word Fan]

So, have any of you reported this to Amazon on the book's marketing page?

I did.

That's one way to bring their attention to it.

 

[Jena H]

Wow.  Charging $9.99, and being so high on the seller list.       

 

[BellaJames]

So, have any of you reported this to Amazon on the book's marketing page?

I did.

That's one way to bring their attention to it.

Yep, I just did. This kind of nonsense spoils my experience of using Amazon. I want to find good books in the HNR and movers and shakers lists. Taking over 2-3 pages of the chart makes me

 

[Cindy Borgne]

It seems to me that they like to rely on their programs to find problems, rather than a real person.
Meanwhile, the hard working legit author suffers. 

 

[lauramg_1406]

Anyone notice that a lot of them are by the same author?

And that the covers are pretty bland.

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[MissingAlaska]

This REALLY irritates me.  I had thought that the recent shakeups in KU would at least to help weed out this type of spam - but it seems to be worse now while burying legitimate authors.

 

[AsianInspiration]

i like how this happened right after the don't give authors 1-star thread.

 

[Jena H]

Anyone notice that a lot of them are by the same author?

And that the covers are pretty bland.

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I think there are at least three author names doing the same thing--all pen names of the same person, or more than one person using the same exact scam.

 

[Word Fan]

I like how this happened right after the "Don't give authors 1-star" thread.

Yeah. Apparently karma ain't all it's cracked up to be.

 

[lauramg_1406]

Yeah. Apparently karma ain't all it's cracked up to be.

This made me laugh far more than it should have...bad karma is coming my way!

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[BellaJames]

Yeah. Apparently karma ain't all it's cracked up to be.

 

[VincentZandri]

What I don't understand is who in their right mind would buy this crap? Who could possibly be suckered into this?

 

[Mark E. Cooper]

Richard Blakeney entire catalogue is scam books. Same para repeated over and over.

 

[lauramg_1406]

Richard Blakeney entire catalogue is scam books. Same para repeated over and over.

Would people returning the books affect the sales rank or not? Because I'd be returning something like that and it makes me wonder how their sales ranking manages to stay high.

 

[BellaJames]

What I don't understand is who in their right mind would buy this crap? Who could possibly be suckered into this?

That's what I want to know. Are real people buying these books?

 

[Mark E. Cooper]

That's what I want to know. Are real people buying these books?

Doubtful, but click farms will grab then, flip through the pages, and get nice pages read payout.

 

[VincentZandri]

What, on God's earth, is a click farm?