Amazon vs. Zoe Chant
I don't have a Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, etc. but I can signal boost. From rachelmanija:
I need as many people as possible to retweet this Tweet from my Zoe Chant account and @ Amazon.
There's a longer explanation in the link, but here's the short version. Zoe Chant is a group of authors writing under the same pen name. Amazon is aware of this, as are our fans. This is not illegal in any way. What's going on is that Amazon randomly banned the fifth book in a series by the same Zoe author, claiming she was not Zoe Chant and had no right to publish it. We sent them multiple forms of proof that she was Zoe Chant and it was an authorized Zoe Chant release, including a signed contract, a link to the book on our website, and an official copyright registration.
Amazon published the book, then yanked it two hours later and terminated the author's entire account on Amazon. It pulled ALL her books off Amazon, said she was permanently banned from ever publishing on Amazon again, and sent her a notice saying that they would keep all the money that had already been paid by readers of her books!
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We are looking into all avenues of redress, but at the moment our best chance seems to be stirring up a social media shitstorm. Please help us do so by retweeting the Twitter link and/or posting on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and any other places known to Amazon. Tag Amazon and Zoe Chant.
[Longer version of this here.]
I need as many people as possible to retweet this Tweet from my Zoe Chant account and @ Amazon.
There's a longer explanation in the link, but here's the short version. Zoe Chant is a group of authors writing under the same pen name. Amazon is aware of this, as are our fans. This is not illegal in any way. What's going on is that Amazon randomly banned the fifth book in a series by the same Zoe author, claiming she was not Zoe Chant and had no right to publish it. We sent them multiple forms of proof that she was Zoe Chant and it was an authorized Zoe Chant release, including a signed contract, a link to the book on our website, and an official copyright registration.
Amazon published the book, then yanked it two hours later and terminated the author's entire account on Amazon. It pulled ALL her books off Amazon, said she was permanently banned from ever publishing on Amazon again, and sent her a notice saying that they would keep all the money that had already been paid by readers of her books!
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We are looking into all avenues of redress, but at the moment our best chance seems to be stirring up a social media shitstorm. Please help us do so by retweeting the Twitter link and/or posting on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and any other places known to Amazon. Tag Amazon and Zoe Chant.
[Longer version of this here.]