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Why Amazon is Overrun with Plagiarism and AI Garbage

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The post Why Amazon is Overrun with Plagiarism and AI Garbage appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Amazon is facing criticism over AI-generated spam ebooks being sold in the Kindle Store. However, the problem goes back at least 15 years.

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Plagiarism Today Plagiarized in a Plagiarism Atonement Essay

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Most mornings, right after I wake up, my morning tasks include gathering any copyright and/or plagiarism news stories that I can find on the internet. . In Google News, I ran across an article written by author Jumi Bello entitled, “I Plagiarized Parts of My Debut Novel. That made her decision to publish the essay an interesting one.

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Beyond Plagiarism: 5 Other Authorship Issues in Research

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When it comes to authorship issues in research, plagiarism is far from the only one. The post Beyond Plagiarism: 5 Other Authorship Issues in Research appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here are five other authorship issues to be aware of.

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Researcher Claims 2% of Published Papers Resemble Paper Mill Works

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Researcher Adam Day claims that, in a recent study, he found nearly 2% of published research papers resembled paper mill works. The post Researcher Claims 2% of Published Papers Resemble Paper Mill Works appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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A Frustrating Pagan Plagiarism Scandal

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Earlier this month, Pagan author Mat Auryn took to Twitter to highlight what he said was a very clear case of verbatim plagiarism of his work. I discovered that this book has completely plagiarized Psychic Witch in almost its entirety. The plagiarism, to put it modestly, was both flagrant and obvious.

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The John Hughes Plagiarism Scandal

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On June 9th, Anna Katharine Verney at the Guardian Australia published a lengthy analysis of the John Hughes book The Dogs. Shortly thereafter, the book was removed from the longlist and, after Hughes’ publisher said that they were standing by him despite the issue. He gave a sweeping apology to both Alexievich and her translators.

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Amazon and the Problem of Reverse Plagiarism

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Author Jane Friedman faced an unusual problem: Reverse plagiarism. The post Amazon and the Problem of Reverse Plagiarism appeared first on Plagiarism Today. However, it's becoming much more common and the industry is not ready.