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My title might be a bit hyperbolic, but stuff like this worries me. I love to read and I love reading on a kindle. This has been going on for a while, but it has now reached absurd levels.

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[–] Zagaroth@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Well, that's all the more reason to not try to monetize through Amazon. But Patreons seem to only be about 0.5% of the people who Follow a story on Royal Road. Well, I'll have to keep working on more incentives I guess.

[–] fidodo@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What I don't understand is who is downloading and reading these books?

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My guess is: adventurous readers who are intrigued by a small snippet, then figure it out on page 2 after they've bought it already.

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[–] tyfi@wirebase.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I didn’t totally get it. So, people are using AI to generate fake books, but how are the fake books getting into the top 100?

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[–] ladychelseaofthevoid@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would like to peruse a copy of apricot bar code architecture! Surely, it must be one of the books of all time!

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