Self-Published Authors - Has Your Book Been Stolen? [Pirated Books On Amazon]

Yes, it's true - there are a lot of pirated books on Amazon.com. The copyright infringement form can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/report/infringement

The form asks if you bought the stolen work to make sure it's a pirated work, and I did that the first time. But since then I just say I didn't buy it, because you can tell that it's stolen content by using their search inside the book feature.

And they do take the stolen books off their site within a few days of receiving the form. Unfortunately, the bad guys will just put it back on Amazon in a week or two, so you have to keep checking, and filling out the form.

In case you'd like to know what the covers of my actual, real books look like, here are the links to them on amazon:

Fast Faces - Unleash Your Creativity... https://amzn.to/2DSNXfG
Make Animal Sculptures: http://amzn.to/1nMUO3a
How to Make Masks: http://amzn.to/2obUDmq
Make Tiny Paper Mache Dogs: http://amzn.to/1KXd9zg
Make Baby Animal Dolls: https://amzn.to/3cTHiGy

I also sell patterns for the sculptures and masks behind me in the video - and many more. You can see them here: https://www.ultimatepapermache.com/patterns

Video Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:38 - Two pirated copies of one of my books
1:18 - Why I know other authors' work is being stolen
2:05 - The copyright infringement form on amazon.com
3:03 - How to find out if your book has been pirated
3:38 - Why this hurts independent publishers
5:11 - Why the thieves keep doing it

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