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Independent Publishing and DMCA Abuse, or “How a Scammer Got My Book Blocked with Very Little Effort”

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A must read. Writers, beware. Indie author Becca Mills’ awful experience with DMCA abuse and a nasty scammer. šŸ˜¦

The Active Voice

Okay, Iā€™ve got a story. Itā€™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 Iā€™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.

Becca Mills - Nolander - 333x500On Friday, February 27, 2015, I noticed that my bookmarkedĀ Amazon.com link to my first novel,Ā Nolander, was yielding, ā€œWeā€™re sorry. The Web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site.ā€ 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), Amazonā€™s self-publishing arm, informing me that someone had sent in a DMCA notice. In response, Amazon had summarily blocked Nolander from sale.

ā€œDMCAā€ stands for ā€œDigital Millennium Copyright Act.ā€ā€¦

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Sex and Dinner: A Valentine’s Day Short Story

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LOVE the hook. Haha! šŸ™‚

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Nicholas C. Rossis

ā€œHow about sex and dinner?ā€ she asked, her throaty voice sending tingles to play on the fine hairs on his neck. She rubbed one fine, slender foot on her lengthy leg, to stress her point.

Her audacity caught his breath. They hardly knew each other, having met only a few minutesĀ earlier. And yet here she was, her naked flesh provoking him into a frenzy. There was no mistaking the hunger in her eyes; the need for his body; her desire for his flesh.

He swallowed and tried to look away, to avoid her burning stare. She snickered at his discomfort as he lowered his eyes to examine his trembling fingers. Speak! Say something! His mouth obeyed the mental command and opened, but words failed him. His gaze caressed her nude body to linger once more on trim legs that seemed to go on forever. He bit his lip, his heartā€¦

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