Source: Daring Fireball
The major ebook platforms have become distribution channels for low-friction IP theft. Bad actors publish AI-generated books mimicking legitimate authors' work faster than platforms can moderate them. Legitimate authors watch their work cloned and resold on the same storefronts where their official editions compete for visibility, while Amazon and Apple's algorithms treat authentic and fraudulent editions as equivalent. Ebook platforms optimized for quantity and frictionless publishing have no economic incentive to police content until reputational damage forces action, leaving individual creators to fight their own legal battles.