Amazon Ebook Copyright Complaints & How To Fight Stolen Ebooks

[gordo12]

Unedited stories are unlikely to make it through the approval process and certainly won't survive the readers. You'll get feedback from the readers and not the kind you want. It's got to be a very good story for them to overlook poor editing.

Nor should the site be put to the effort to publish a story only to have it taken down a short time later because you want to publish it. There is no correlation between feedback here and Amazon that I've ever seen but I only have a few books out.
Publish it on Amazon.

 

[Shenachie2010]

Happy New Year all from bonny Scotland.

I'm looking to pick your brains on how to get an ebook onto Amazon. I have enough material I think for 4 short books in hand. any step by step guides around please?

Pete, aka Shenachie 2010

 

[Gethelred]

Just FYI...

The author Abigail Miller has published 17 short erotic story compilations last year, and while I can't say for certain that she's plagairised all of them she has certainly plagairised four that I know of.

From Seduction Unleashed - Steamy Tales of Passion and Desire, story 1:
You look amazing, but something is missing. Ah, yes, the lip gloss. How could you forget! You know I'd be disappointed if you had forgotten it. You pull it from your makeup bag, lean closer for a better look in the mirror and apply a subtle amount. Just enough to give your lips a hint shine. You smile knowing I would definitely approve. As you look at yourself in the mirror, you notice movement in the reflection. You shift your gaze. Your heart races and you whirl around. You are surprised to see me. You have no idea how long I've been there, nor do you care. All that matters is I'm there!

Second paragraph of munkin224's A Cam Model's Fantasy:
https://www.literotica.com/s/a-cam-models-fantasy

From Untamed Desires - Sensual Stories of Wild Passion, story 1:
The images are still so clear, and she sees herself waiting at the window for him to arrive, impatiently, nervously. She wonders if the skirt is right. "Will he like it? Does it make me look fat? Why did I pick RED?" She smiles secretly to herself as she waits, anticipating that first electrifying touch of his hand on her warm, bare skin beneath the skirt. Remembrance of past touches brings a great sigh of longing and a familiar wetness. Her fingers dip and sample the creamy muskiness, bringing her fingertips to her lips, savoring the taste and feel, appreciating her womaness. The sigh retreats and returns as a great flood of passion, catching in her throat, as she sees him striding across the grass to meet her.

Three Hours, by Vicki Sexton:
https://www.literotica.com/s/3-hours

I don't have the time to go through their entire collection to see just how many authors they've stolen from - and to this point, they haven't stolen from me yet - but to this point every story I've tested from their short story compilations has resulted in a hit from Literotica.

@Vicki Sexton
@munkin224

One would think it'd be in Literotica's best interests to ensure author's works are protected.

 

[Sams_Island]

I realize we're basically part of a Mom & Pop operation (and thank you for it), but I wonder if Literotica can take standing as a publisher to organize LitE authors' responses to stolen stories?
For example, today I stumbled across

Cheating Stories Best
5.21K subscribers
[https:]//[www].youtube.com/watch?v=hIpjixHRHbA
My Daughter Was Hiding My Cheating Wife's Secrets...
14,181 views Mar 9, 2024
My videos are educational. You listen to these stories and learn from others' mistakes. We analyse people's behaviour. My content cannot be called formulaic or automatic, because all stories are authored and I compose them myself.

Thank you for your views, subscribe to my channel. I try to make interesting videos for you. Your likes and comments inspire me to create the next videos
[bold added]

Which rang a loud bell of familiarity. Yep, it's,
Daddy, We Have to Talk, https://www.literotica.com/s/daddy-we-have-to-talk
by CindyTV, 07/02/23
https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=6253730&page=submissions

Wouldn't be surprised to learn that many of the other BTB stories on this site came from our LitE colleagues.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

While Amazon provides 7 boxes for keywords when a book is published, there is actually a 50-character limit within each of the 7 boxes that allow for multiple keywords to be entered into each. By reviewing the keywords that the highest selling books in a particular category uses, an author can increase the index potential for their own books when readers search Amazon. (Think of these at “tags” as used here on Literotica)

Following are the Amazon Best Seller Ranking (ABSR) keywords for the “Books: Literature & Fiction: Erotica” category based on the top books in the category. (Genre-specific books, such as erotic horror or LGBQT+ will have additional keywords):

Erotica, Literature, Fiction, Sensual, Sexy, Passion, Desire, Romance, Adult, Explicit, Steamy, Seductive, Kinky, BDSM, Explicit, Forbidden, Pleasure, Lust, Sexual, Erotic fantasy, Temptation, Obsession.

Placing multiple keywords into one of the boxes means that your book will not only be indexed for each of the individual words, but it will also be indexed for any combination of the keywords entered. For example, entering "Kinky Forbidden Pleasure" in one of the boxes would get your book indexed to appear in a search for "Kinky Pleasure", "Forbidden Pleasure", or any other combination of the words.

You can go to Amazon and edit your categories and keywords at any time after your book is published so feel free to find the selections that work best.

Better indexed books are also more secure, since pirates will seldom be knowledgeable enough about a pilfered story to select the right keywords, or willing to make the effort to enter them.

 

[MattMars]

There are several YouTube channels posting butchered versions of stories that were posted in the Loving Wives section here. They market them as cheating wives stories and they are ALL monetized. How can this be combated?

 

[TheWritingGroup]

There are several YouTube channels posting butchered versions of stories that were posted in the Loving Wives section here. They market them as cheating wives stories and they are ALL monetized. How can this be combated?

@NoTalentHack has attempted to automate that process: https://forum.literotica.com/threads/guide-to-lodging-copyright-strikes-on-youtube.1614835/

-Rocco

 

[NoTalentHack]

@NoTalentHack has attempted to automate that process: https://forum.literotica.com/threads/guide-to-lodging-copyright-strikes-on-youtube.1614835/

-Rocco

I haven't gotten quite as far as automating it yet, but I'm working on that bit. Still, I've made the actual strike process as easy as I can outside of that. Hope it proves useful!