Independent Publishing and DMCA Abuse, or “How a Scammer Got My Book Blocked with Very Little Effort”
This is a definitely good read. Indie authors, please check this out!
Originally posted on The Active Voice:
Okay, I���ve got a story. It���s a sort of scary one. I think independent/self-publishing authors need to know about it, and telling it carefully and correctly is also important for my own situation, so I���m going to take my time and lay it all out in order.
Pressed for time? You can skip to the bottom for the TL;DR summation.
On Friday, February 27, 2015, I noticed that my bookmarked��Amazon.com link to my first novel,��
Nolander
, was yielding, ���We���re sorry. The Web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site.��� I went to my Amazon dashboard and discovered the book had been blocked.
In my spam folder, I discovered an email from Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Amazon���s self-publishing arm, informing me that someone had sent in a DMCA notice. In response, Amazon had summarily blocked Nolander from sale.
���DMCA��� stands for ���Digital Millennium Copyright Act.������
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