[answered] What to do with these books? [updated]

[Tami]

In these profiles

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...

etc. These aren't the actual books, they are ebooks that had a link to buy the book https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Unfortunately some of these have been moved to the author's profile https://www.goodreads.com/author/list... and some are even combined with the actual editions. What should be done?

[Renske]

I would send them to the staff as for me this counts as pirated copies.

[Tami]

Thank you Renske. I just sent a message to staff.

[Tami]

I just wanted to update this because I heard back from support. They said that indeed the books should be removed for not meeting the guidelines described here https://www.goodreads.com/book_record... they marked them as invalid editions.

They marked most of them but they missed a few. I'll mark invalid those that they missed, I will link this thread in case someone encounters them and thinks they are valid.

[Tami]

Update: More of these are being found. It seems they made these pirated copies for popular authors first Sarah J. Maas now Jennifer L. Armentrout https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

If a librarian sees them please contact staff or mark them as invalid. Please don't combine them with the real book or assign them to the author, they didn't write this. Use some common sense based on the cover this is obviously not the real deal and read reviews if there are any, this review and the ones linked above explain the scam: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[☕ Lachgas ♿]

thanks for the hint Tami - will keep it in mind, although it might be unlikely I come across them.