![]() In the world of self-publishing, where anyone can put a document on Amazon and call it a book, many writers are seeing their work being appropriated without their permission. “I didn’t believe it was true that someone would do that.” There was one major difference between the books: The Auction Deal had sex scenes and was being marketed as mainstream romance-the most profitable category in self-publishing. They were a curse, and had been for the thirty-one years of my life.” ![]() They were a curse, and had been for twenty-eight of Cassi’s twenty-nine years.” Compare that to Chapter 2 of Mullen’s book, which begins, “Dark brunette curls were everywhere. In Chapter 2, Nunes writes, “The dark brown curls were everywhere. Mullens’ book, titled The Auction Deal, looked like the same story with much of the same language. First published in 1998, A Bid for Love did well enough to spawn two sequels before it eventually went out-of-print. An anonymous stranger seemed to have stolen her book, changed it superficially, and passed it off as her own work. ![]() With that single exchange, Nunes found herself part of a trend affecting many professional authors in the age of self-publishing. ![]()
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