“When I replied that I did not have a trademark for my name, they closed the case and said the books would not be removed from sale.”
Someone uploaded AI-generated junk to Amazon under Jane Friedman’s name, and Goodreads added it to her official profile. Amazon’s fix was to ask for trademark registration numbers. Goodreads routes corrections through volunteer librarians in a comment thread. One author reported 29 fake books in a single week. Amazon takes its cut on every sale and makes the author do the policing.