I just found something very horrifying on this website: www.epubbooks.com. My real name was written as the publisher name! I cannot begin to tell you how disturbing that was to see that appear on my erotica titles...
Now, from what I can see this is limited to Kobo books, and only those with ISBNs. The titles I didn't register ISBNs on do not show up anywhere on the site, which leads me to believe that Kobo dropped the ball and has released very sensitive information about some of its authors. With the exception of a couple of my titles, I haven't included ISBNs on any other distribution channel, so by process of elimination I believe that Kobo is the culprit.
I urge everyone to go and check this site immediately, because through my short search I did come across a couple of authors on KB whose names have been compromised. There will likely be several more.
Edited to add: Removed Smashwords from this as I now realise this has nothing to do with them. Those who went direct with Kobo, do check your contact name field, because that appears to be where the problem lies.
Now, from what I can see this is limited to Kobo books, and only those with ISBNs. The titles I didn't register ISBNs on do not show up anywhere on the site, which leads me to believe that Kobo dropped the ball and has released very sensitive information about some of its authors. With the exception of a couple of my titles, I haven't included ISBNs on any other distribution channel, so by process of elimination I believe that Kobo is the culprit.
I urge everyone to go and check this site immediately, because through my short search I did come across a couple of authors on KB whose names have been compromised. There will likely be several more.
Edited to add: Removed Smashwords from this as I now realise this has nothing to do with them. Those who went direct with Kobo, do check your contact name field, because that appears to be where the problem lies.