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Amazon to Take Action Against Abusive/Activist Reviews (?)

16 December, 2015 // 4 Comments

Aside from forbidding reviewers to accept money for reviews or have a connection to the author/ supplier, Amazon has long had a laissez faire towards reviews posted to its site, but that might be [Read More ...]

Forgotten Books Buys 500,000 ISBNs, Makes Bid for Title of World’s Largest Spam and Scam Book Publisher

7 July, 2015 // 22 Comments

Buyer Beware. A "publisher" by the name of Forgotten Books has just gave us another reminder that there is enough money in ebooks to attract scammers. Forgotten Books supports a website where it [Read More ...]

Google Play Now Coming With Spam Notifications?

1 April, 2012 // 8 Comments

I've been having a problem for the past few weeks and I'm still not sure where it's coming from. Update: A reader identified the problem as being a spammy ad network (it came hidden inside an app). [Read More ...]