2026-09-15 07:52 UTC
@GrahamDowns@mastodon.africa
Ones I've been getting quite a lot of lately, as the ones that say something like , "I tried to post a review on Amazon but couldn't. Is your book on Good Reads?"
First could I sent the GoodReads link, and within 20 minutes a "review" had appeared, compiled by an AI bot from the blurb, and full of fulsome praise. Completely worthless as a review, and the motive unclear.
More details here:
https://methodius.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-literary-mystery.html
#writing #writers #authors
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@GrahamDowns@mastodon.africa 2026-09-15 08:31
@hayesstw@c.im I don't get that one very often (but I did once). But I get a lot of well-known internationally acclaimed book clubs (again with gmail addresses) wanting me to give a talk at their next meeting. Or bookish radio shows or podcasts. Often five of them on the same day, from different book clubs, all for the same book and with very similar copy. Because scammers can be so dense sometimes. :-D