Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

• Nathan Bransford published a great deep dive on how not to get scammed.
• It turns out Amazon is one of several tech companies which is scanning and destroying books to feed them to its AI.
• Cameron Pugh delves into the issues surrounding AI use by authors.
• Ricci Wolman explains how authors can add images and other examples of what Amazon calls “A+ Content+ to their book listings on Amazon.

P.S. I’m going to be at The Muse Writing Conference this coming weekend; say hello if you see me.