Amazon Bestselling Book Published 2 Days into Maui Wildfires Raising Red Flags

How may a ebook concerning the Maui, Hawaii fires be written, edited, revealed and up on the market on Amazon already?

About as soon as every week I peruse Amazon for brand spanking new books and releases. Imagine my shock after I got here throughout a accomplished ebook on the August fires in Maui already up on the market? You know these fires… those nonetheless occurring now? What on earth is happening?

This is Fire and Fury: The Story of the 2023 Maui Fire and its Implications for Climate Change. A ebook that claims to “chronicle the events of August 8-11.” Except there’s some big Red Flags- the primary being that it was revealed on Amazon on Aug. tenth.

Other Red Flags

Besides for a totally unattainable publication date, the picture on the left is a display screen shot I took of the again of Fire and Fury. Notice how the numbers are blurred out? The shot on the precise exhibits what these numbers signify and the way they’re supposed to seem in publication.

Fake Author actually an AI?

This ebook and others on Amazon are written by a sure “Dr. Miles Stones”. However, there doesn’t appear to be an precise particular person related to this title. I couldn’t discover Dr. Stones via any search engine, and the about-the-author part on the Amazon web page merely reads, “I’d rather not say.”(*2*)

Whomever or no matter is utilizing what seems to be a fake-name are presenting themselves as an professional on a wide range of very well timed, political, scientific and very important matters. By including a “Dr.” to the title it offers readers the false sense of an authority determine who has particular experience which readers can belief.

In in an excerpt from the ebook, “Dr. Stones” says the fires claimed the lives of 6 folks. According to immediately’s information reviews the fires have killed over 111 folks to date and there are nonetheless over 1300 souls unaccounted for.

This is extremely regarding as there are different books by this “author” on on the market on Amazon proper now.

I took these display screen photographs final week after I observed the ebook… now, on August 18th- you get this;

However, as of proper now, you’ll be able to nonetheless get entry to the audiobook. Wait… no, that hyperlink additionally has issues it appears.

What does all of this imply?

If you’re a actual particular person Dr. Stones, I sincerely appologize for questioning and ask you to please step out of the shadows. My concept is that these books are being written by A.I. and handed off as an actual creator.

The bigger challenge right here is the entire lack of checks and balances on Amazon’s web site. Amazon employs a hands-off method in terms of what goes on in its bookstore. As reported by the New York Times, there doesn’t appear to be any checks for accuracy,  high quality, or authenticity with what Amazon sells in its Bookstore. It doesn’t appear that they’ve put any vitality to overseeing the sellers who flock to their web site.

That lack of accountability has resulted in a type of open lawlessness on Amazon. Publishers, writers and teams such because the Authors Guild have all mentioned that counterfeit books on Amazon have surged- and with little or no checks in place, it’s no surprise why.

Who’s Legally Responsible?

In a New York Times article aptly referred to as, What Happens After Amazon’s Domination Is Complete? Its Bookstore Offers Clues they spotlight a selected instance the place the shortage of any oversight triggered a serious concern with actual life and probably disastrous outcomes.

The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy is a medical handbook which recommends the precise dosage of medication for treating a wide range of illnesses from bacterial pneumonia to infections. Scott Kelly, vice chairman of Antimicrobial Therapy, publishers of the handbook, instructed The Times, “Lives depend on it. It is not the sort of book a doctor should puzzle over, wondering, ‘Is that a ‘1’ or a ‘7’ in the recommended dosage?’”

But that’s precisely what occurred when a flood of counterfeit Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy textbooks have been launched onto the market via Amazon.

It appears that individuals are fed up and simply earlier immediately we shared an article about varied Interest Groups sending a letter to The Federal Trade Commission FTC to analyze Amazon. The letter Accuses Amazon of making a bookselling monopoly which has dominated virtually each side of the ebook market and that Amazon’s practices are towards, “The open access to the free flow of ideas (which are) essential to a well-functioning democracy.”