I’ve seen a few articles about this topic where books that are not written by a particular author is in the author’s list of books for purchase.
This article ZDNET tells us how we can spot these types of books before we purchase them.
While I’ve played a little with Bing, I’ve not done a whole lot with the AI. I’ve followed this AI thing for awhile, reading various articles and there could be podcasts on my thoughts on older stuff.
One might ask, is the NLS program going to be affected by this? Probably not, as they go through each book, and/or they get it directly from the publisher.
I doubt NLS patrons who rely soully on the digital or mailed offerings will have anything to do with this, but we need to know what’s going on.
As for Bookshare, I’m not sure, as I don’t know how their submission process works. I know that publishers are also submitting to them, so it may not be a problem.
I just think this needs to be looked in to as something we need to know. Looking in to something by reading reviews for the new book or searching things out is always a good thing if you’re not sure.
The books we have on our EMHS resources list have been checked in to and linked directly to Amazon for this very reason.
What do people do if they see a book by an author they’re not sure about?
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