Oh and make an update to tell your readers.
The ones with amazon accounts can support you in leaving more reviews
Someone's Selling My Book On Amazon, And It's Not Me
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I took a look. It’s disgraceful. But it is not currently available for purchase.
Sadly, I cannot leave a review. To be able to do so, you must have spent a certain amount on Amazon in the past 12 months.
I'm too lazy to download a sample or read the kindle edition so I'll just trust everyone's words when they say it is a copied/pasted work. Good luck.
On the plus side, once you've dealt with Amazon's DMCA, that action helps with the case you can file against the plagiarist. Because he had to file real info in order to get paid for his plagiarism...
Tashady don't know if I will take it that far. Legal action is too much trouble for me, and I don't think I have people to rely on for that.
I just want my work to be mine, don't really care about the money.
This story has elements from my life, and I shared it to the world for free. Just makes me sick knowing that someone took that from me.
LostInFictions thanks for trying. I can't do it myself and have no one else I personally know who can do it for me.
Sigheti but it's ranked in the rankings regarding paid books. It's even in rising pretty quick in the rankings, pretty good for a novel that was posted on January 10. Sadly, I won't get anything but stress from this.
Also had a reader who paid for it, but they deleted the review when they found out it's not me who was selling it. Found out from another reader who sent me a name, then I got here.
ChuYang if not mistaken. you can register your work in some "Copyright" organization for this problem. it's doesn't matter who copyrighted your work, they will help. I'm not sure about the details. but even government website used this organization for their copyrights.
I've not read the one here or the sample on amazon but I will take everyone's word on it as well and wrote a review on the UK amazon
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Oh man. That's harsh. I hope Amazon takes action soon. Since you have evidence of original works and witnesses to support the claim. They should be able to do so. Amazon doesn't take plagiarism lightly from what I've heard.
Edit: I just noticed your novel is contracted. Place a request with your Editor to file a DMCA with Amazon. This is Webnovel's issue to deal with. They'll have been weight to stop the plagiarism and reclaim compensation.
This is different to a "my story has been pirated" scenario. The theft has gone on a reputable distributor. As Webnovel is the copyright holder, they'll need to take some action.
@ChuYang I went on Amazon and submitted a review. It's now pending for approval. I hope that this issue gets resolved for you!
Also, I noticed that there was a report button for plagiarism or inappropriate content on the book, so maybe at the very least, others could report for inappropriate as a way to call attention to it be plagiarized?
It's not letting me post a review on it
wow gago yan pre ah. this is also webnovel's problem. better i report mo sa kanila or sa editor mo since you're contracted. tapos hintay ka lang sa magandang resulta. 100% na mawawala yun.
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Veronica8 It's actually just that, I have talked to my editor on what to do. Basically told me to report on my own, that's it. That's why I'm asking other people to help cause I have no one else.
I don't blame the editor or anything, there should be a reason why he told me to do it on my own. There must have been a precedence over everything I'm going through right now. Otherwise, I don't think they'll really go to great lengths just to get a single novel like mine out of Amazon. Guess I'm just too small right now.
NyanKittyAshlii That's alright, there's many requirements for posting reviews there. Thank you for the effort, though. It means a lot to me.
Winterblossom123 Thank you very much for your help.
The_Good_Devil I don't know if I could do that, since I'm contracted. Will check on that after the problem is solved, but the report was done without the need for one.
If Amazon doesn't do the right thing, that's probably what I'll do next. Though I would have to clarify that with my editor first.