Help! My books are bootlegged!

[Mindi]

My books are being bootlegged. The audacity, they even credit me by name, but I never authorized this and I’m not getting anything in return for this unauthorized use of my work. Any advice?

Here’s one of the links (long and very shady)!

https://dbooks.online/books/?q=N0JjUU...

[Caroline]

Augh this happens, I normally find the email contact and reach out to them with the link to my registration for the ISBN. Some of the sites never take the book down a good may will however.

Here is the thing to keep in mind, many of the sites are downloading spyware to the person downloading the book.
When you see it - don't open that link.

If they don't the book down -- I just look at it like Karma. Anyone that tries to scan a writer for a .99 cent book, is likely getting more than what they went after.

Hope it helps, I feel your frustration!

[Elizabeth]

Don't worry they will eventually get taken down but in the meantime anyone downloading a free book will get the gift of spyware /trojan's etc

Elizabeth Killing The Girl

[Caroline]

Elizabeth wrote: "Don't worry they will eventually get taken down but in the meantime anyone downloading a free book will get the gift of spyware /trojan's etc

Elizabeth Killing The Girl"

Yep!

[Mindi]

Thank you!

I discovered that unaware would-be readers are tricked into giving their credit cards and get access to being scammed—not any books, etc.